Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ifechas said that Nigerians youths are hungry and angry.

The Paramount ruler called on the government, political leaders, traditional leaders and other prominent people in the societies to developed way of empowering youths in other to avert their anger.

The Ooni made this known in statement by the spokesperson for the palace, Moses Olafare, on Saturday.

Oba Ogunwusi who spoke during the second graduation of students of the Ojaja II Fashion Training Institute, which was part of the commemoration of his fifth coronation anniversary, says that #ENDSARS protest that rock the nation last month is test that when the youth are angry, no one can control their anger.

Ooni said,

“The youths are angry because they are hungry and the way to get them out of this anger is to continue to empower them. In line with the celebration of my fifth year on the throne, I’ve mapped out plans to empower 5,000 youths to be financially independent and to feed others.

“I hereby call on Nigerian leaders either in politics, traditional or religious to know that it is now a necessity to empower the youth. Out of our earnings, let us dedicate part to the empowerment of youths in our areas. We must consider this a necessity and what should be done on a regular basis.

“We have just had a sample of youth restiveness and it should be a lesson to all of us that nobody can handle their anger, so it is about time we knew that it is stupidity to keep monies in the bank, while the needy continue to wallow in poverty.”

“We were with the President two weeks ago and the issue was discussed. We’re making progress. We have roles to play. We are not competing with them and I believe that we shall get there,” Ooni concluded.

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