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- Father Mbaka highlights worrying unemployment rate among Nigerian youth
- Stresses importance of addressing social problems to combat insecurity
- Endorses FeeFund timely solution to economic hardship.
- Calls for shift in mindset towards embracing entrepreneurship
By Chinelo Obogo, Lagos
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has expressed concern over the economic situation in the country, while lauding the launch of the Fund-Yes Entrepreneurship Enhancement Fund (FeeFund) to cushion the effects.
FeeFund is an initiative of FUND-YES Cooperative, a non-bank financial investment and wealth creation cooperative business society for youths, women, and financial investors, established by social entrepreneur, Kennedy Iyere.
Speaking in Enugu, Father Mbaka lamented the high unemployment rate among youths, describing it as worrisome and calling for an urgent need to tackle it.
He noted that insecurity would fester if key social problems in the country were not addressed, adding that the current situation makes it important to encourage and support women to embrace entrepreneurship.
Father Mbaka described entrepreneurship as a viable tool to tackle youth unemployment and therefore, called for an entrepreneurship revolution among Nigerian youths.
While commending Iyere and the partners of FeeFund, Father Mbaka expressed optimism that it would help to provide business financing and enterprise development assistance for youth and women entrepreneurs.
He said: “This is the time to create mass employment through entrepreneurship and take millions of youths, women and families out of poverty, hunger and economic hardship. FeeFund is coming at a time Nigerians need it the most. It is important to address the country’s ongoing problem of economic hardship. This is why I have endorsed FeeFund. This is the way to go if we must create jobs for our youths and women.”
