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From Nneji Jekwu Onovo, Lagos
Well-meaning Nigerians including a civil society group, the Oil and Gas Forum, have warned the fuel subsidy cabals and their foot soldiers against efforts to sabotage the Dangote refinery. Nigeria is blessed with tremendous natural wealth. And yet, unemployment is high—especially among the young—and millions remain in poverty. Conventional wisdom dictates that insecurity rises with unemployment and poverty because unemployment leads to loss of income which affects the people’s ability to pay their bills and provide basic necessities for their house-holds and dependent relatives. It is because of the insecurity posed by unemployment that advanced countries make social security payments to the unemployed to keep them off the streets until they get jobs. This has helped to make their nations safer than countries like Nigeria where no forms of assistance are given to the unemployed.
It seems only right that the country’s natural riches should be used to tackle constraints on growth and worrisome.
Nnaji jekwu Onovo 08184553078,
email*jekwuonovo@gmail.com
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