AU Summit: Nigerians Task African Leaders 

On Insecurity, Unemployment

Some Abuja residents have urged African Heads of State and Governments to prioritise unemployment and insecurity during their meeting in Johannesburg.

The African leaders, under the auspices of African Union (AU) Summit holds between June 11 and June 15.

A trader at Garki market, Charles Okotieboh, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) insecurity had become a major challenge to the development of many countries on the continent.

He said it was unfortunate that progress made in the area of infrastructure development in some countries such as Nigeria and North African nations were being eroded by insurgency and militants’ activities.

Okotieboh told NAN that it would take enormous resources to redress the social and economic losses caused insecurity.

He stressed it was obvious that no meaningful progress would be achieved in the face of insecurity.

A civil servant, Mr Jacob Zamani, called on the leaders to urgently address the problem of unemployment on the continent.