Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe has called on the Federal Government to create job opportunities for youths as a way of cushioning the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
Comrade Festus Alenkhe made the call in Benin City on the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day.
Festus Alenkhe also urged the federal government to open up avenues for poor and vulnerable Nigerians to access single digit interest loans to enable them do business.
According to him, “Democracy Day is a period for sober reflection where Nigerians should look back on the journey so far and seek ways to ease the burden of Nigerians”.
The NUJ chairman stressed that, “the present situation in Nigeria requires the federal government to urgently address the unemployment situation so that the average Nigerian could afford daily bread.”
He congratulated Nigerians for yet another democracy day, noting that despite the ups and downs in the affairs of the country, the nation’s democracy is still on course.
