The Nigerian Youth Ambassador to the United States and Secretary-General Nigerian Youth Congress, NYC, Dr. Raymond Edoh has called on the federal government to focus on empowering Nigerian youths by creating jobs for them, mob out illegal arms as well as equipping and persuading the more the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to help curb drugs inflows to the Nigerian youths in 2022. This he said if achieved will help secure a free and fair 2023 general elections and also help in curbing insecurity in the country.





Dr. Raymond Edoh who made the call in a new year message also charged the youths to believe and continue to love Nigeria stressing that there is no other country we can truly call our own.



According to him, "the jobless rate in Nigeria rose to 33.3% in the three months through December, according to a report published by National Bureau of Statistics on its website on Monday. That’s up from 27.1% in the second quarter of 2020, the last period for which the agency released labor-force statistics. This is a threat to any nation.

"One in every three Nigerians have plans to migrate out of the country. The reason is not far-fetched. The song on the lips of everyone is “insecurity of their lives and properties, dilapidated economy, corruption, and terrorism. The time for the government to raise and act is now.




"The insecurity in the nation is growing exponentially as each day passes by. The nation’s state of unrest will completely turn everywhere to miasma of bloodletting if vital steps are not taken.

" Insecurity has done us as a nation too many harms ranging from Disruption of economic activities, Decimation of Consumer confidence, Decrease in foreign investment, decline in productivity, national isolation, and many others. I urge the government to stand to her responsibility now and secure the citizens.


"I charge the government this day to make hay while the sun shines. The Buhari-led government should also look into the empowerment of youths as a key strategy in curbing security challenges. If these are taken seriously! We are rest assured, Nigeria would be a better place", he added.

"2021 has ended, 2022 is a new beginning for the youths and by extension, Nigerians should put everything that has conspired in the last year behind. Those holding grudges against the government let go and focus on unity and how to solve our problems as a nation instead of fighting the leaders in power.

2022 should be the year that youths should embrace Nigeria and unite in praying for the Nigerian leaders so those good decisions are made for the better Nigeria in the nearest future.

"I hereby call on security agencies to give them a strategy to apply which is working with Traditional Rulers in fighting the ugly insecurity ravaging our nation.

" It is no doubt that traditional rulers working in synergy with security agencies would help take census of who and who comes into and out of a given society and when. If this strategy is harnessed and applied logically, I am very sure, insecurity would be a thing of the past.

"The youths also have a larger role to play in this. We the youth should have it at the back of our minds that if we fail to play our role in stopping insecurity, it would surprise us all that we would be handed over a collapsed nation and economy. But, God forbid!

" It is time for all hands to be on the desk. We should all love the nation Nigeria. We should all support it to grow, we should all believe in it, should all unite for it to develop. Nigeria is our own, we should take care of it with passion and heartily be focused to have a Nigeria of our dreams", he said.