‘Stop distribution of ‘okada’ to youth’
The National
Directorate of Employment (NDE), Oyo State branch, on Monday, urged
various establishments to stop the distribution of motorcycles to
youths.
Some establishments
distribute motorcycles to youths, as part of efforts to alleviate
poverty among Nigerians. But Martins Ola, the Oyo State Coordinator of
NDE, said such organisations should instead, encourage the youth to
learn a trade.
He said, during an
interview with journalists in Ibadan, that encouraging the youth to
learn a trade would make them to be self-employed, and enable them to
offer employment to others; rather than operate okada business as a
means of livelihood, as it is not a job that can last long.
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