“They Can Produce Toothpick”: Women Affairs Minister Reveals What Children Can Do Under Tinubu’s Govt
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's top minister, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has tasked Nigerian children
- The minister for womens affairs has revealed how productive Nigerian children can be under the present political dispensation
- Kennedy-Ohanenye at the Anambra Investment Summit advocated for the use of school children as workers to manufacture essentials such as toothpicks, sanitary pads & cotton buds
Anambra, Awka - The minister for women affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has urged Nigerian children to take part in the country’s urban development.
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Kennedy-Ohanenye made this disclosure on Thursday, September 7, at the 2023 Anambra Investment Summit.
According to the minister, children in other parts of the world like China engage in production which is the reason for the country’s high urban development, hence Nigerian children should contribute to the country's development, The Cable reported.
“I am pleading for us to look into more production of some of these things in our societies, especially the necessities like the matchbox, the toothpick, the cotton buds, the sanitary pads and stuff like that,” She said.
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The minister said she has already spoken to the president of the Traders Union Association who is ready to partner on the initiative so that “when they produce these things, they carry it and market it within our country”.
Kennedy-Ohanenye added that the move would check the high unemployment rates in the country and curtail drug abuse among children.
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