As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Day of Social Justice 2022, wife of the Minister for Transportation, Dame Judith Amaechi, has called for proactive adoption of inclusion and equal opportunities in Nigeria as means of addressing social injustice in the country.
According to her Media Aide, Dr. Dike Bekwele, Dame Amaechi stated this on Thursday while receiving the peace and humanitarian service award in recognition of her humanitarian activities through her Non -Governmental organisation- Empowerment Support Initiative, ESI.
She stated that Nigeria would be a better place if citizens were provided equal opportunities to thrive.
Mrs Amaechi while delivering a lecture at an event put together by stakeholders’ summit on social justice to commemorate the World Social Justice Day in Abuja said stakeholders must be intentional in adopting education and empowerment in addressing moral decadence, insecurity and unemployment among youths.
According to her, “We adopted education as a strategy during the wake of militancy in the Niger Delta, providing tuition free kindergarten education and provided employment, NGO like ESI should be encouraged to complement government effort in this regard.”
Mrs Amaechi frowned at parents who abdicate their responsibility to their family in search of material benefit, saying such negligence was already eroding family morals and values.
“We watch and listen to stories of our children getting involved in all manner of illicit activities just for material benefits; we must wake up to our responsibility to our children.”
She further enjoined Nigerian youths to acquire vocational and skillset in line with the challenges of technology and digitalisation to remain relevant in the work place.
According ti her: “Our youths should understand the challenges of time; COVID-19 and technology have changed business model, affecting employment and employability. We must retool ourselves digitally to remain relevance in the work place.”
February 20 is acknowledged by the United nations as World Day for Social Justice and the theme for the 2022 is “Achieving social justice through formal employment.”
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