The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that the increasing rate of unemployment in the country would stop if she emerged
as the President of the country.
In her reaction to the recent data released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), she urged Nigerians against voting for “candidates that have no idea of how to
solve the challenges facing the country.”
She said that her administration would implement a productivity and competitiveness initiative that would create new opportunities and jobs in some key sectors to lift 80 million out poverty.
Among the sectors are agriculture, fisheries, livestock, and agribusiness where more than one-third of Nigeria’s active labour population are found.
She said: “Right now, people simply do not have jobs. Under President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), over 20 million Nigerians are unemployed. Again, think about that for a second. Those are not just numbers – they are humans; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight million humans. They have families. They have people who depend on them.
“We all know someone who has lost a job in this economy. You may even be one of them. We all have families and friends who call us on the phone, pleading for any change we could spare at all to help them survive one more day. How long can we continue like this? The right candidate is Ezekwesili,” she added.
