‘Youth unemployment a time bomb’

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said yesterday that global youth unemployment is a time bomb that needs to be addressed by all if the world is to live in peace.

Wabba spoke just as the Director-General of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Timothy Olawale, lamented the fact that youths have become ready tools in the hands of insurgents, adding that most security challenges today is associated with unemployment.

In his goodwill message at the ongoing Global Youth Employment Forum, Wabba, who spoke unbehlaf of workers, also said that there was the need to ensure decent jobs for the youth and other category of workers.

He said workers who create the wealth of the world deserve decent jobs which should be advanced by all, adding that it was a delight that the forum was coming now to address such issues in view of the current challenges in Africa.

He expressed the hope that the forum will address such challenges and make concrete recommendations that will address youth unemployment.

The NECA DG said youth unemployment has been on an astronomical rise, stressing the efforts of the government to deal with the situation.

(The Nation)