Group urges Nigerian Government to declare state of emergency on unemployment

An NGO, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education, CHRICED, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on unemployment in the country.

Executive Director of CHRICED, Ibrahim Zikirullahi, made the call at a news conference on the state of the nation on Wednesday in Abuja.

He also called on government to vote N1 billion for job creation in each of the 774 local government areas (LGAs) across the country.

According to him, the disbursement of the fund should be based on the unique characteristics of each local government area.

Zikirullahi added that the call had become necessary because the challenge of the cost of living had continued to pose ‘a significant existential threat’ to millions of Nigerians, hence the need to put measures in place to address it.

“CHRICED recognises certain ambitious declarations, such as the additional increase of N35,000 for workers, conditional cash transfers to the poorest of the poor, students’ loans and revitalisation of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors,” he noted.