News: Ooni of Ife to Create Job Opportunities for 40,000 People

As Nigerians celebrate the dawn of a New Year today, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday, hinted of plans to tackle youth unemployment across Yorubaland by establishing cocoa, rubber and oil palm plantations in Ile-Ife.

When fully operational before the first quarter of the year, the plantations would provide employment for about 40,000 people, mostly youths.

In a New Year message signed by his director of media and public affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare, the monarch harped on the need to take jobless youths off the street, with a view to tackling increasing crimerates in Nigerian society.

"Kabiyesi has dedicated the year 2016 to turn around the fortune of the youth by unfolding a new vista of hope in terms of gainful employment with already not fewer than 3,000 youths engaged at ongoing project site of Ife Grand Resort, spanning over 1,000 acres of land established by the monarch to provide job opportunities for the people.

"Specifically, the focus and target of Ooni Ogunwusi are beyond the shores of Ile-Ife as critical arrangements have reached advanced stage to take the unemployed youths in Yorubaland off the streets, with a view to checkmating the growing crime rate in our society.

Source: Nigerian Tribune