We Must Think Outside The Box On How We Can Provide For Nigerians – Stella Oduah

Sen. Stella Oduah, has described the rise of slavery in parts of Africa as “time bomb’’ that must be eradiared.

She said if not adequately tackled, the situation, which was already forcing victims into prostitution and different forms of crime, could lead to more heinous crimes that may be difficult to handle.

“You will think that slave trade having been abolished all these centuries should not start again, clearly not from Africa.
“You wonder what would have made a young man or woman to commence on such trip that is so suicidal. You do not know what is at the other side but not deterred to take that journey.

“It is a very frightening thing for anybody to think about, but worst part is that the young men and women doing it appear to be bent on doing so.

“Unfortunately, they do so because they see it as an avenue of survival and a way of getting to a greener pasture,’’ she said.

“Most of them I am sure are graduates and even if they are not, they are healthy people and so, we must think outside the box on how we can provide for them, at least to ensure that they have access to reasonable employment.

“Unless we do that, it may continue and even get worse.

“The agency on employment should be innovative on how these youths can be gainfully employed otherwise it is a time bomb waiting to explode.

“When you have this demography and they constitute more than 40 per cent of the total population and they are hungry and idle, they will find a means of survival,’’ she said.