An Ibadan Chief, the Ajia-Balogun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oloye Adegboyega Adegoke, has said the only way to minimise poverty and reduce social vices in the country is for governments and non-governmental organisations to invest in human development and provision of vocational training for the youths.
Adegoke, whose foundation, Adegboyega Adegoke Resource Centre (AARC), Ibadan, just completed training and empowerment of over 200 youths with entrepreneurial skills and were provided with working tools to be self-reliant, said this would go a long way to keep the youths off the street.
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He said the training and empowerment would help to reduce poverty, joblessness and the attendant crimes among the youths in the country.
He stressed that if the youths were engaged and impacted with knowledge through vocational training and studies, social vices and poverty would be reduced to the barest minimum.
