The Centre for Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development (CEPASD) has called on the Federal Government to invest adequately in Entrepreneurship to enable youths become self reliant and for economic development of the country.
The Executive Director of (CEPASD), Mr Igweshi Augustine, made the call during the Nigerian Youth Summit 2023 held at Merit House in Abuja on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the youth summit titled “Advancing Youth Innovation in Entrepreneurship” brought together youths and major stakeholders in Nation Building.
Augustine said if the government had done enough on entrepreneurship, the high rate of unemployment and youth restiveness wouldn’t have been the way it was in the country.
According to him, it was high time to have a reduction rate on unemployment by investing in entrepreneurship for the development of the country.
“I would say the government has not done enough to support the Nigerian Youth, if they had done enough; we will not have the high rate of unemployment we have now in Nigeria.
“We are open to partnership and we are open to collaborations by private organisations for us to work collectively and reduce unemployment drastically.
“So I call on the Federal and State Governments to partner with entrepreneurship organisations to help build and raise entrepreneurs so as to reduce unemployment in the country,” he said.
However, he called on the prospective youth entrepreneurs in the country to develop the right attitude towards starting a business venture to become self reliant and be successful in future.
Besides, he, noted that it was important for an entrepreneur to be flexible in attaining success in business, saying that there was need to make total sacrifice, be disciplined, dedicated and zeal for acquiring knowledge to develop business ideas.
On socio-economic development, he maintained that adequate investment on entrepreneurship will impact positively on others and their immediate society, saying that it is the only way the society can move forward. (NAN)