- By Demola Atobaba, Ado-Ekiti
Epileptic power outage currently being experienced in Ekiti state and the country has been described has one of the major obstacles killing businesses in the country.
The Managing Director of Awolu Footies and Skill Acquisition located at Oke-Bola, behind Deeper Life Bible Church, Mr Christopher Awolumate stated this in an exclusive interview with TopNews in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday.
He observed that most business owners had been driven out of the system as a result of persistent power outage and low patronage by government.
According to him, “No business can thrive in an environment where one can not boast of stable electricity for several hours. We always depend on generating set as an alternative ways of getting our job done. There is no doubt that business owners in Nigeria need government attention in order to boost their businesses but reverse is the case.
“To me, we need more encouragement and interventions from both individuals who are well to do in our society and government at all levels because not all of us can be lucky to get government job. When it come to the services been rendering by Benin Electricity Distribution Company, one cannot say it has surpassed or beat expectations of people. Power outage is still being experience all over the state while some people without prepaid metering system are crying of crazy billing on monthly basis.”
The CEO of Awolu Show Palace who frowned at the attitude of youth especially younger people of nowadays towards skills acquisition, suggested that, “Until our unemployed youths stop running after making unclean money, those white-collar job that are not available out there, we will continue to have problem from our teeming youths.
“For example, at Awolu Shoe Palace, we trained people how to make shoe wear, pam, slides, sandals and shoe customization, plus other services that has to do with foot wears. At times it doesn’t come easy, but we have to do it. We youth of nowadays need to do something legally which in return can put food on our tables.”
He charged the youths especially undergraduates coming behind not to jettison learning at least a skill in order to become boss of their own in future.
“Skill acquisition is the best when it comes to the issues of fixing the economy back. People should not run away from it while parents themselves have a lot to do by engaging their wards in learning at least a lucrative skill businesses. Awolumate advised.
