Government
institutions and other employers of labour have been urged not to insist on
years of work experience as a basic requirement for granting employment to
graduates
seeking jobs in their establishments.
Anambra State
Commissioner of Police, Sam Okaula, made the appeal in Awka at a Youth
Entrepreneurship and Leadership Summit on the theme, “From Recession to
Economic Revolution, the Role of the Youths” organised by the Progressive
Anambra Youths (PAY).
He said such
criterion has greatly increased the rate of unemployment among the youths,
which he identified as one of the major causes of crimes in the society.
Represented by
DSP Iloabanafor Ogbonna, Okaula described as unrealistic, a minimum of three
years’ work experience for a young graduate who just finished his National
Youth Service programme, wondering the possibility of acquiring such experience
when the opportunity is not provided.
“You are
asking someone who just passed out from the NYSC to produce three or five
years’ work experience before giving him a job; where does he get it from. Of
course, he is automatically disqualified from the job.
“Now that he
is denied of that opportunity, from where will he acquire it? Little wonder
many of them are forced into all forms of criminality as alternatives,” he
added.
Okaula who
also blamed increase in vices on poverty, peer group pressure, poor parenting,
addiction to social media and pretentious lifestyle as other causes of crime,
however, advocated for a Masters’ degree as alternative to years of experience
from would-be employees.
Earlier, the
President of the body, Nonso Smart Okafor, said the organisation believes
strongly in entrepreneurship and organises periodic leadership training where
resource persons with specialties in different fields are invited to speak to
the youths.
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