Yoruba Professionals Foundation (YPF) on Friday warned South-West Governors to prioritize jobs or watch insecurity get out of control.
Their position was contained in a statement by the President, Maxwell Adeleye and Director of Research and Strategy, Olawale Kadri.
YPF lamented the rate of unemployment, which it called “a major problem in Yoruba land”.
“A trillion naira budgetary allocation to Amotekun, Police and Army cannot quench insecurity where youth unemployment reigns supreme”, they noted.
The group said security challenges in the region posed a great threat to development and foreign direct investments.
“According to the United Nations data, over 69% of our population are below age 35 and unfortunately, the majority of crimes are perpetrated by people who fall between ages 20-35. This is the most active age in human life,” it said.
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The Northern governors have agreed to openly take the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Simon Lalong, Chairman of Northern Governors disclosed that the move was aimed at dousing fear in the region.
Lalong, who is the Governor of Plateau State, disclosed this yesterday at a teleconference organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, SABMF.
Represented by Danladi Atu, Secretary to the Plateau State Government, the governor said he and his colleagues have agreed to be in front line to take the first doses.
The Governor said the action would encourage the people to take the vaccine.
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A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Professionals Foundation, YPF, on Friday, warned South-West governors that unless they prioritise jobs creation through knowledge-based entrepreneurship, and agriculture, insecurity will continue to boom in the region.
YPF, a group of Yoruba professionals, noted that poverty, hunger and starvation, mostly occasioned by a high rate of youth unemployment, are responsible for the increased commercial criminality and kidnapping in the South-West.
In a statement jointly by its Convener/President and Director of Research and Strategy, Messrs Maxwell Adeleye and Olawale Kadri, respectively, YPF warned the governors in the region on the danger of not prioritising youth unemployment.