Andrew Uchendu, senator
representing Rivers east, has asked his colleagues to sell some of their cars
and use the proceeds to empower unemployed youth in the country.
He made the point while
contributing to a debate at the senate on Thursday.
Shehu Sani, senator representing
Kaduna central, had drawn the attention of his colleagues to the killing of
Faye Mooney, a British tourist, and Matthew Oguche, her partner, at Kajuru
Castle in Kaduna state.
In his contribution, Uchendu said
unemployment was fueling insecurity.
On the suggestion of his
colleagues putting up their car for sale, Uchendu said proceeds from this could be used to establish
factories that can take over five million jobless youth off the streets.
“We own three, four, five
vehicles and I’m sure we can do much better with two,” he said.
“Our contemporaries in US, do
they own four vehicles on the road? If we dispose of our two vehicles and use
the proceeds to set up a small industry, wouldn’t we be engaging five youths –
we will be taking more than five million youth from the highway.”
The senator wondered why
recommendations of a security summit held by the senate had not been
implemented.
“Under your leadership there was
a security summit, conclusions were reached to study all the contributions and
make appropriate recommendations, the question I want to ask is where do we go
from there?” he asked.
“Has anything been done, if
nothing has been done, why? We come here everything violence and security and
all that.
“Who are the key drivers of this
process, these killings, the youths. They have two vital assets, time and
energy. Until our youths are a engaged, Mr President, this problem will continue.”
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