Nigeria’s young and emerging business mogul, Fidelis Junior Iruedo has tasked the government to endeavour to make life easier for the country’s teeming young population.

“The government have to learn to emulate what is going on in foreign countries. I remember over six years ago when I was in the UK, they had a place called Job Centre and at that place, you could search online at their office or online for available jobs all types of jobs,” he recalled.

Continuing, he said: “And that same place called Job Centre is funded by taxpayers money. They give unemployed people about £150 every 2 weeks or every month and goes a long way. In Nigeria, if you don’t have a job, you have nothing; no money is coming from anywhere, nobody is coming to save you.”

Iruedo charged government to create programmes that could help the youths learn a trade create more jobs.

“Government should give grants to help small and big businesses, both new and existing businesses,” he said.

Speaking on the #ENDSARS protest that rocked the country a few weeks ago, he further urged the government to handle the aftermath with maturity.

His words: “really allow freedom of speech as it seems people could get locked up for expressing themselves! I could go on and on. The government needs to care for its people. This is the difference between Nigerian and some of these foreign countries.”

As for young Nigerians leaving the country in droves for greener pasture, he offered his perspective, saying: “It is only right that they travel. There is nothing wrong with leaving Nigeria; it is a good way to learn about life, a very good way to get more exposure that they could bring back to make their country a better place.”