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POPULATION

TACKLING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA USING AGRICULTURE BY SOTONYE ANGA COORDINATOR, AGRIBUSINESS & YOUTH EMPOWERMENT. POPULATION. Nigeria has a population of One Hundred and Sixty Million (160,000,000) Million people. SIZE OF YOUTH. Over 80 Million youths make up our population.

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POPULATION

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  1. TACKLING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA USING AGRICULTUREBYSOTONYE ANGACOORDINATOR,AGRIBUSINESS & YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

  2. POPULATION Nigeria has a population of One Hundred and Sixty Million (160,000,000) Million people Prepared by sotonye anga

  3. SIZE OF YOUTH • Over 80 Million youths make up our population Prepared by sotonye anga

  4. BREAKDOWN OF YEARS SPENT BY OUR YOUTHS IN SCHOOL • 2 years in Nursery • 6 years in Primary • 6 years in Secondary • 4 years in University Prepared by sotonye anga

  5. 18 YEARS IN SCHOOL • What is the value of this education? • Are the skills acquired during this 18 years employable? Prepared by sotonye anga

  6. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT • More than 70% of our youth population is either unemployed or underemployed. Prepared by sotonye anga

  7. HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? • I spent 22 years of my youthful life in school, graduated with a degree in History from the University of Lagos, I am 26 years old and i do not have a job! Prepared by sotonye anga

  8. WHAT DOES THIS PORTEND? • Danger!! • Insecurity • Threat to National economic growth • Poverty • Food crisis Prepared by sotonye anga

  9. THE BIG QUESTION? • Is our population a blessing or a curse? Prepared by sotonye anga

  10. WHAT DOES THIS POPULATION MEAN? • Large consumer market • Human resource • A tool for economic development Prepared by sotonye anga

  11. LET’S SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY • 80 Million youths means a great and powerful pool of human resource that must be harnessed and put into productive use in order to boost economic growth and development for Nigeria. Prepared by sotonye anga

  12. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 1) We need to make Agribusiness exciting, creative and innovative enough to stir and spur youth interest. Many thanks to the Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina CON for what he is already doing in this regard. Prepared by sotonye anga

  13. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 2) Raise a new breed of Agripreneurs Prepared by sotonye anga

  14. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 3) Create multi Agribusiness skills acquisition centres across the county. Prepared by sotonye anga

  15. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 4) Establish farm settlements and fill them up with youths that will produce different commodities for use as raw materials for our industries and food for our people and exports. Prepared by sotonye anga

  16. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 5) Encourage youth involvement in value addition to our raw crops Prepared by sotonye anga

  17. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 6) Deliberately create a finance window to fund youths in Agribusiness and make access to funding easy. Prepared by sotonye anga

  18. HOW CAN WE HARNESS THIS POOL OF VIBRANT HUMAN RESOURCE? 7) Invest in modern technology that makes Agriculture less cumbersome. Prepared by sotonye anga

  19. OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE Across board, Nigeria ranks at the bottom on agricultural indices Prepared by sotonye anga

  20. MECHANIZATION INTENSITY • 10 tractors per 100 Hectares compared to Indonesia with 241 tractors per 100 Hectares. Prepared by sotonye anga

  21. ONE WAY TO BUSINESS sotonye anga, agribusiness and youth empowerment group, CASON

  22. CASON AGRIBUSINESS BASKET sotonye anga, agribusiness and youth empowerment group, CASON

  23. ONE MILLION YOUTHS TARGET 2013 • In CASON, we have began a very big project, creating a database of Nigerian youths interested in Agribusiness and we will make this database available to policy makers. Prepared by sotonye anga

  24. www.casonagric.com Prepared by sotonye anga

  25. THERE IS HOPE FOR NIGERIA THANK YOU!! Prepared by sotonye anga

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