21 million young Nigerians jobless, engage in crimes – Varsity don, Aibinu laments

Date: 2022-12-01

The Vice Chancellor of Summit University Offa, Kwara State, Prof. Abiodun Musa Aibinu, has decried the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria, linking that to the increase in crime.

According to the Vice Chancellor, over 21 million young Nigerians are without any job to make ends meet.

Of the 21 million unemployed persons, Aibinu said 2.9 million have either graduate or postgraduate degrees from tertiary institutions of learning.

He expressed worries that the majority of unemployed persons fall between the productive ages of 15 and 34.

In his concern, the Professor warned that the high rate of unemployment has continued to “lead youths to criminal activities to gain income to feed themselves and their families.”

Aibinu spoke at a lecture he delivered during the Elective National Convention and 20th Anniversary of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta Muslim Alumni, (MAPAMA), held yesterday in Abeokuta.

Speaking on the theme, 'Creativity And Innovation: Tools For Solving Economic Crises In Nigeria', the VC lamented that most research projects carried out by students at the end of their academic years were being abandoned on shelves.

He said there was no motivation to turn the ideas in the research works into products that could be sold to the public.

While explaining that there is no link between tertiary institutions and industries, the don said this has created a chasm that discourages the transformation of these academic research projects into products that are marketable.

He regretted that Nigeria, with over 300 tertiary institutions, was ranked 124 in the global innovation rankings in 2021, according to the global innovation index.

Aibinu also complained that though the nation has several agencies saddled with the responsibility of promoting innovation and creativity, the output from the said agencies has never resulted in any significant increase in the country's technological ranking.

He, therefore, opined that the use of innovation and creativity can be implemented to develop the economic situation through what he termed 'Acadoprenuership', which he said is the turning of academic ideas and researches into viable businesses and start-up ventures.

With this, he expressed optimism that graduates would no longer rely on the government for job opportunities, but they would have the creativity and innovation to transform their knowledge and skills into sustainable firms.

Earlier in his speech, the MAPAMA National President, Prince Taofeek Oyeniyi, stated that the association has served as a platform for the growth of members in all aspects.

Oyeniyi disclosed that the body has been implementing key programmes in the area of education, economic empowerment, welfare and institutional capacity enhancement.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Guber Aspirant     Obayomi Azeez     Idris Garba     Ajibike Katibi     Owo Isowo     Gwanara     Alabere     Funmilayo Mohammed     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Ahmed Alhasssan     Odo-Owa     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Ojo Fadumila     Oluranti Idowu     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Press Release     Sunset Workers     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kwarareports     Muhammed Danjuma     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Tunde Oyawoye     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Kabir Shagaya     High Court     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Bio Ibrahim     NAWOJ     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Ilorin South     Makama     Ilorin Emirate     Olomu     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Durbar Festival     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Quran     Solomon Edoja     Babatunde Idiagbon     Emir Of Lafiagi     Yekini Adio     Sanitation Exercise     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Abraysports FC     Gurei     Chikanda     Durbar     Universal Basic Education Commission     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Elerin Of Adanla     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Olohungbebe     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Muazam Nayaya     Babaita     COVID-19 Palliatives     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     UNILORIN Alumni     NTA Ilorin     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Abubakar Atiku     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Roheemat Hammed     Yahaya Seriki     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Olawuyi     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Yahaya Dumoye     Kale Kawu     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kwara State Polytechnic     Yahaya Dumoye     Elekoyangan     Garba Dogo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Laboratory-to-Product     HICA     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Belgore     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     ANCOPPS     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Shuaib Jawondo     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Olabanji Orilonishe     Bola Tinubu     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Budo-Egba     Kola Shittu     Ado Bayero     Oko-Olowo     Damilola Yusuf     Hauwa Nuru     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Moremi High School     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Sa\'adu Salahu     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Balogun Fulani     Aisha Gobir     NIRSAL     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Adeola Abraham     Senate     Onikijipa     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Erubu Oba Zubair     Share/Tsaragi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Raheem Adaramaja     Mike Omotosho     Bola Sagaya     YAKOOYO     Saad Belgore     SWAN     Hassan A. Saliu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Alabere     Congress For National Consensus     Musa Aibinu     Omoniyi     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kola Olota     Funmi Salau     Saraki     Awodun     Moses Salami     Tosin Saraki     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Neo Mundo Ltd     TESCOM     Ijagbo Health Centre     Valsolar Consortium     Oloyede     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Village Alive Development Association     Local Government     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kale Ayo     Aiyedun     Segun Abifarin     Sulu Gambari