See What Olusegun Obasanjo Has to Say About the Alarming Rate Of Unemployment in Nigeria

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has raised an alarm over the growing state of unemployment in Nigeria, urging the federal, state and local governments to do more in the area of employment.

The former president sounded the warning while speaking at the 10th anniversary and 6th and 7th convocation ceremonies of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode.

He warned that:"If there is no job for the unemployed to feed themselves and also to contribute to the development of the country, then, we will all be sitting on gun powder.

"university education must be for development, personal, local, national and even global and that is very important."Obasanjo advised:"I believe in lifelong education.
Nobody should stop learning until he or she die."He stated that education is a meal ticket for anybody that has it, adding that it is also a means of breaking the poverty cycle.

At the venue Mrs Tola Adeniran, received the award on her late mother's behalf.Speaking about the award, Obasanjo said he accepted it because of the personality the school wasnamed after, saying that Tai Solarin was one of the greatest educationists the country has ever produced.

He also told the audience that he was honoured to behonoured in conjunction with Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, insisting,"Anywhere Mama is being honoured, we must join hands to honour her."