By Paschal Emeka / Abuja | Posted August 06, 2024
The Proprietor, Prince Interior Vocational Training Institute, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, an off-shoot of Prince Interior Furniture and Furnishing Company Limited, Prince Emeka Egwuekwe has advised President Ahmed Bola Tinubu led to promote and encourage skill acquisition, as part of measures to mitigate rising unemployment in the country.
Speaking to Journalists in Abuja, Egwuekwe expressed optimism that promoting enrolment of youths in vocational institutes in the country, apart from steming the tide of unemployment, would not only stop dependence in foreign goods for what could be produced in Nigeria, but will also promote export, which in turn will result into favourable ballance of trade.
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Speaking further, he said with a well equiped vocational and skill acquisition institute in each geopolitical zone or state, would go a long way to train Nigerians youths in the area of skill acquisition and vocation.
“There is a need for the Tinubu – led Federal Government (FG) to think toward this direction, he said.”
He also advised Mr President to do everything legally possible to reduce the cost of governance, by merging some of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and use the money in running in other areas.
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With all these reforms, he went on, there will be positive change in the system.
Sharing his views on the ongoing #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS,” he noted that there is a cause behind every protest. He however advised President Tinubu to listen to the yearlings of the protesters and Nigerians and find a lasting solution to their demands.
He enjoined him to continue to seek for dialogue, for lasting peace and stability in the country.
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Although he believed that it is the right of the protesters to protest as one of the instruments of democracy, but Prince Emeka Egwuekwe, however, advised the protesters to have it in mind that the present government in power inherited a lot of decays from the previous administration.
According to him, the removal of subsidies and other similar policies will yield positive results in the nearest future, even as he enjoined Nigerians to be patient with Mr President.