Osun Speaker Identifies Antidote To Youth Restiveness, Unemployment
The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye has identified skills acquisition as antidote to youths’ restiveness and unemployment.
Owoeye who lauded the principals of the school for allowing him to donate the building emphasized the importance of science and technology to the survival of any economy and how it can create an avenue for youth engagement and employment.
His words: “The biggest problem our nation is facing today stems from unemployment, which has become a major problem bedeviling the lives of Nigerian youths, causing increased militancy, violent crimes, kidnapping, unrest and socially delinquent behaviour.
“Youth unemployment is devastating to both the individual and the society as a whole both psychologically and economically.
The speaker called on government at all levels to urgently begin to put funds in technical schools, as a way to relieve the burden of unemployment, crime and poverty.
Mrs Idowu Akinbamijo, the school, Director of Principals, commended the speaker for the donation of the workshop saying the building donation is another milestone in the history of the school.
Akinbamijo, said the building would boost the academic prowess of the students and it would be very useful in technical education and training for the students.
