The challenge of unemployment and its negative effect in a developing economy will be the focus of discussion at the first annual lecture of Freedom Online, scheduled for Thursday this week.
Freedom Online, according to a statement by its Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, will also look at how to tackle unemployment during the lecture “because it has become a monster, threatening to consume the nation-state called Nigeria.
“We strongly believe that unemployment leads to poverty, insecurity and other social vices. Nigeria’s political, economic and social fabric is disintegrating because of this time bomb. Something urgent must be done and given the type of mono-economy we run in this country, we believe the government must lead the way so that unemployment can be reduced and eventually eradicated”.
The lecture which is scheduled to hold at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, will have as guest speaker, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State while his Lagos State counterpart, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will be the Chairman.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State will be Special Guest of Honour while the Director-General (D-G) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, is the Guest of Honour. Others are former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel as the Keynote Speaker while the South-West Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George as a Special Guest.
Freedom Online is a member of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). [myad]
