The unemployment bug in Nigeria seems to be driving some people indeed some youths crazy on how to tame the malaise that has adversely exacerbated the socio-economic fabrics and damnably harmed the psyche of humans.
While some youths are deep-necked in perpetrating crimes thus disconcerting themselves and the society as a whole, some creative ones are ingeniously thinking out of the box on how to add value to themselves and the larger society.
Though President Muhmmadu Buhari recently in London passed a damning verdict that some Nigerian youths are lazy, which the statement to a large extent holds water, other youths try to assert themselves by devising legitimate ways to stay afloat the troubling economic waters to eke their livelihood.
For example, a Nigerian graduate instead of staying idle and becoming a burden to her parents has ventured into agriculture to encourage other youths on how to be independent.
A graduate of Abia state University, Ogochukwu Maduako is a farmer who recycles eggshells into Bio material called calcium.
Ogo in her Facebook page penned “I obtained Bachelor of Science (B.SC) in Agricultural Economics & Extension and currently am closing out on my Master’s in International Economics and Finance at the Department of Agriculture in Rivers State University.
“Eggshells are gotten from the consumption of poultry by-product called egg. Eggshells are great source of calcium, when recycled into powdered form can be used as a planting materials as a natural fertilizer for the soil. It is a good calcium supplement for snail and also poultry layers for good formation of their shells.”
“It is essential for the strawberry, bell pepper, watermelon etc farmers. Interestingly, it is consumed by humans as well.”
Hard working lady noted “Practising Agriculture as a female is fun. It stands me out where ever I go. It gives me the edge to be known and noticed most especially the fact that I recycle what people see as waste. The journey so far has been quite interesting. As we all know, destiny comes in pieces. So we are trying to bring all of its pieces together.”
On challenges facing her, she observed “It is really not easy trying to sell a new idea to the market that is used to an old existing idea. You need a whole lot of conviction but most of all you have to be grounded with the knowledge of what you are trying to sell.”
Ogo, however, advised youths “If what you want doesn’t exist, create it. In 2-3 years, I see @ifarm go global because recycling of eggshells is not just a challenge we face here in Nigeria, rather a challenge faced by other countries at its disposal technique.”
In another clime, two young men from Anambra State recently fabricated an incredible machine that washes bitter leaf.
The young men- Ubaka Chukwuebuka Patrick and Atikpo Chukwuebuka Patrick constructed a machine that can wash bitter leaf and convert the juice for medicinal purposes.
Named OGANIHU C², Oganihu is the Igbo word for progress, while C2 stands for the first letters of their names.
The fabricators revealed that the juice coming after washing bitter leaf can be used as liquid fertilizer, methanol and insecticides.
Ubaka Chukwuebuka said “After washing the bitter leaf, we will convert the leaf juice (water) into fertilizer (liquid). We also use its water (juice) to produce methanol, insecticides, etc. The project is quite mechanised. You don’t need to touch anything; it is automatic.”
These are tales of three Nigerian youths who are passionately breaking even in their gifted fields to create desired impacts for themselves and change the society for better.
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