Agbaje said the economic challenge rocking the country was not limited to it but the whole world, adding that Nigerians should desist from singling out Nigeria from the rising inflation in the prices of consumables and other items.
He admonished youths and graduates across the country to get digital training, which would enable them to get job easily without considering travelling out of the country for jobs.
Agbaje gave the advice yesterday while speaking with newsmen at the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, after his convocation lecture, tagged, “Digital Innovation Leadership: Opportunities For National Reset and Employment Generation.”
According to him, “There are opportunities everywhere in Nigeria. I have been here for 32 years and I built my career here. I think these opportunities still exist and just like I said, if you’re a Nigerian, then you are an African. I don’t think there is a better place to build a future than here, where you have over 200 million people who are your people, who you don’t have to over-prove yourself to, you don’t have to deal with some of the issues you will have to deal with abroad.
“For hard-working people, Nigeria is where the opportunities are; I don’t think youths should be leaving this country, opportunities abound everywhere.”
He added: “There is nowhere there is no unemployment in the world, you just have to arm yourself with the right skills for the jobs of the future. Wherever you go in the world, there is unemployment; we have to deal with our unemployment, and we have to have young people who are coming out of schools armed with the right skills so that they can live in the digital world.
“Those that travelled out of the country went to school here. Obviously, we have given them the right skills and they are employable abroad. So, if you are employable abroad, you should be employable here too.”
On the rising prices of food and other items in the country, the financial expert said: “The whole world is fighting inflation, so, let’s not single out Nigeria. America hit 10% and in England, inflation is hitting 10%. All over the world, inflation is what we contend with and as a country, we are battling it just like everybody else. You can see that the NPR rate went up, this is part of the steps taken to douse inflation. So, Nigeria is not unique in having inflation at this time.”
