Prince Dapo Abiodun Government of Ogun state has summarised in very few words where others are writing chapters of book.
And here is it:
" There is a nexus between criminality and unemployment. " simple! Nothing more ti add
Like the mathematician would state: a problem defined is half solved.
.then what next.
?
Then we ask how many jobs in what area and what specific disciplines do we need these jobs?
. Now we have to make sure the jobs we are creating are in demand in the labour market or we educate the market on the benefits of these job s
What else?
How many are looking fur jobs.? There are 123 miliion of them unemployed and we are aiming for 123 miliion jobs.
Not all 123 miliion looking for jobs but we want 123 miliin to work. The more the merrier so that we can have 123 miliin youths paying tax.thats good money for Government programmes.
Where are the jobs? I'm manufacturing and more. In services.:
1 household s goods manufacturer for middle class Africa. 54 African countries
2 Doors and furniture
3wall to wall carpets
4plasma tv and other television sets
air-conditioniners
5 micro wave ovens cooker washing machine and.dryer refrigerator. Foam matre.ss
6 pulp and paper .toiletries stationery books and newspapers. Consumer and farms magazine. Trade magazines abd journals
7 cotton Textiles garment and footwear.
8 ambulances. Fire engines. Waste management trucks. Tractors. Police car's. Post Office vans
9 car's and other vehicles of the national assembly and the Presidency and judiciary. The ministries departments and Agencies. Example .innoson motors inewi.
10 building materials. Micheal owolabi the next Aliko Dangote please take note.
11 the whole value chain of Agriculture and Agribusiness.
12 construction and interior decoration
13 hospitality and tourism
14 logistics ..trucking and warehousing.
15 graphic design and Web design 16 social care .care of the elderly and vulnerable..
17 chef
18 food retailer
19 writer
20 musician. Singer Dancer.fine artist. Fashion designer. Wedding ceremony consultant. Wedding catering. Wedding photographer. Masters of ceremony. Compere. Speaker. Poet.playwright. key boarding. Saxophonist. Guitarist.
Master drummer. Sing writer.script writer. Cartoonist.lampoonist. satarist. Humouristttt.l
21 literary crituc.
22 restaurant critic.
23 film critics.
24 theatre critic.
25 photo critic
26 Architecture critic
26 leftocracy: the critic and society by Wole Soyinka. Inaugural lecture. University of ife.
27wine critic
28 social reformer.
29 humanitarian
30 Miscellaneous.
AFRICA should stop exporting solid minerals rather these minerals should be transformed into finished goods and exported. If we do these there woujd be an explosion of jobs in Africa.
Signed
Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 18 2026