Trust Africa news By Ayomide Otitoju and Olaniran Mariam
Proprietor of Dot Saviour Private Schools, Abiodun Ademekun has urged the government to address the challenge of unemployment and create an enabling environment for entrepreneurship.
Ademekun made the call recently during the school’s end of the year held in Lagos.
He lamented the difficulties the masses are passing through to make ends meet.
“When we look at the economy of this country, it is not friendly at all.
“Usually at a time like this, we would have nothing less than 200 pupils. We have less than 100 which shows that the economy is really biting hard.
“We are only going to appeal to the government to do something about our economy.
“We need to transform our economy, we need to remember the low scale and medium enterprises.
“They have to look at how to provide food on our table by creating more employment and those that have been there, let them be recognised, let them be promoted, let us hear something new, make people happy.
“We are not asking them to bring the food but to create more employment, let the people have a sense of belonging, let them feel the joy of a nation. Nigeria is a very big nation and Nigeria is recognised all over the world. It is a nation recognised all over the world and the government is not supporting or helping to provide employment or to eradicate poverty. Put food on the table, put a smile on the people’s faces,” he said.
Speaking on strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols, the school founder noted they lead by example, explaining how the students and guests were tested for their temperature and made to wash and sanitise their hands before they were allowed into the venue.
On the importance of celebrating Christmas, Ademekun said: “We are really digging it out with the children on a day like this. It is Christmas season and we must allow the children too to have their day. So this is a Christmas party in our school with our youngsters.
“We have to recognise the season because it is a season that we give to our Lord Jesus Christ. We always assume it is a time of exchanging gift with one another, that implies love, showing love among ourselves.
“It is a day of love, sharing, it is a day of sharing gift among one another.
“You can see the children, they have a lot of gifts. With what we are seeing now, we can see one of the children, today is his day as he clocks seven today. Oluwatumishe Zachius; he brought his cake and of course he is also with a lot of gifts that he wants to share with all his friends.
“The indication of what the season stands for, the season is a period of giving, a season of sharing gifts among one another and to show love. What of the parents- the parents who are here, we love the cooperation of our parents, if not for them, we would not have had this time because they responded that was why they brought their children and they also paid for the programme.
“You can see the joy in our children because they are happy with what we are doing. We want this also to translate to Nigeria as a nation. Our leaders should have a listening ear, they should listen to what people are saying particularly about putting food on our table.”
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