Nnamdi Onochie, Former Nigerian Envoy to Algeria and Philippines, has decried the worsening rates of unemployment in Nigeria despite electoral promises of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to create million jobs in the country.
Onochie stated this while declaring his interest to run for the position of President of Nigeria in the coming 2023 general elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in an interview with DAILY POST on Wednesday.
He regretted the unemployment figure released by National Bureau of Statistics, pointing out that a dismal figure is 53.4 percent of those in the age bracket of 15-24 years, out of a total of 69. 7 million employable persons while in the higher age bracket of 24-35 years, more than 33. 3 percent of the population were out of work.
According to the presidential hopeful: “the rise in the cost of living and inflation in the economy means that the level of suffering citizens has remained very high. Prices of several products, especially food items, have skyrocketed. Altogether, the poverty index for Nigerians has continued to rise.”
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Onochie added: “With the end of the year 2021, with less than 14 months to the actual date of presidential and general elections to begin on February 18, 2023, it is time for those at the receiving end, the voters and the populace, to get ready to hold those in office fully accountable,”
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He further said: “They must be voted out of office to install those with reasonable programs that will increase the jobs numbers, improve the economic situation, and reduce the sufferings and hardships of the common Nigerian.
“The opportunity provided by the election circle must be availed of and be used by the populace, especially the youths and women, to change the political party in office at the presidential level and all other levels.”
