The Bishop of Calabar Diocese of the Anglican Communion, Rev Professor Nneoyi Onen Egbe, has advised the federal government to create more economic opportunities which would empower the Nigerian youths.
He said this would dissuade them from thinking about protests and crimes.
He spoke in an interview in the church headquarters in Calabar.
He said, “If they empower this working population, the youths, there will be a throwback, a cyclical effect on the market, on the economy because these are the same people who buy from the market.
“If you increase a person’s salary, his tithe in the church will also step up if he is paying and maybe he wil be more liberal to give some extra offerings and it will also help the system because, as we stand today, even the N30,000 minimum wage, I don’t know how many private people are paying it.
“We live with a system where the leaders are largely insensitive to what is happening around them and do not care what the workers are going through, but I think it’s not right.”
Empower the youths – Anglican Bishop tells Nigerian govt
