The President, Living Faith Church (Worldwide), Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo lamented the rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria, declaring that about fifty million Nigeria youths are unemployed.
Quoting the 2014 Global Hunger Index report, oyedepo said “Nigeria is among the countries in the world faced with a high level of hunger threat despite its efforts at reducing hunger in the last 25 years.”
The cleric painted a gloomy picture of the nation, regretting that the poverty level in the country was on the increase with an estimated 70 percent of the population, mostly rural dwellers, living on less than $1.25 per day.
Oyedepo explained that it was high time Nigeria charted a pathway for strengthening the reins of our economy via productive and creative engagements in entrenched agro-enterprise.
Culled Daily Trust
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