Showing posts with label Effects of Hardship in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Effects of Hardship in Nigeria. Show all posts

Friday, December 15, 2023

Addressing Youth Unemployment In Nigeria

 By Sirajaddeen Bello

Among Nigeria’s many socioeconomic challenges, one issue stands out as the biggest threat, casting a gloomy shadow over both the present and the future. That issue is youth unemployment. It is a subject that elicits a head shake, and a sense of impending doom. But beyond the sombre tone, let me unravel the implications of this predicament and infuse a touch of hope into this  serious issue.

Youth unemployment in Nigeria isn’t just a problem; it’s an iceberg of colossal proportions. Picture some hundreds of thousands, nay, millions of youths (educated, bright young minds) stuck in a seemingly endless and almost fruitless game of job hunting— a game where there are fewer opportunities and a mammoth crowd of players. 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Effects Of Hardship, Hunger And Poverty On Mental Health

 By Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu

It does no one any good to dissimulate or dissemble our feelings in a bid to hide or escape the present-day realities in the lives of citizens all over the world. Yes, there is high inflation, food insecurity all over the world but the case in Africa and Nigeria in particular calls for serious concern and attention.

The level of hardship and hunger witnessed in Nigeria in recent times has never been imagined nor occurred to anybody as something that would come to be.