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Professor Cashmir Obialom, the
Programme Director of the North Central Zonal Outreach of the CBN
Entrepreneurship Development Center (CBN-EDC), has said that civil
servants are scared of retirement because they have not embraced
entrepreneurship which could secure their future.
According to The Nation, Cashmir who delivered an entrepreneurship
talk at a Independence Day Party organized by ATM Beauty Empire in Minna
said that after retirement, the future of the civil servant is
unsecured as their gratuity and pension is not been given as at when
due.
According to him, entrepreneurship can secure the future of every
civil servant and individual urging the civil servants to acquire a
skill that will help them to be entrepreneurs.
“Nigerians are afraid of retirement because they do not know
what is next after retirement especially when their gratuity is not
being given to them on time.”
Cashmir further said that entrepreneurship is the only solution to
the increasing rate of unemployment in the nation while he lamented that
most of the youths are not ready to go into entrepreneurship, “the
problem with Nigeria youths is that they do not like wasting their time
and they remain jobless because they do not value time.”
In her address, the Director of ATM Beauty Empire, Antonia Asabe
Moses said that the programme was to encourage the youths into exploring
their talents and embracing entrepreneurship as well as to celebrate
the nation’s 57th Independence Day.
She called for peace and unity among Nigerians stating that
conflict is inevitable but the ability to resolve conflicts would go a
long way in keeping the nation as one entity, “conflict is
inevitable, it always comes. The ability to resolve conflict is what is
very necessary for us as a nation. We need to have respect for each
other and value every tribe, religion and culture.”
Antonio urged youths to stop looking for white collar jobs adding
that the nation is in need of the services the youths can offer
especially as so many gifts and talents are wasting in the nation.
“Stop waiting for the government. Stand up and do something,
the world and our nation is waiting for the manifestation of your gifts
and talents. We can build up Nigeria if we embrace entrepreneurship,” she said to youths.
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