Fight economic recession with your talent – Rev Orakwe tells youth

The resident priest of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Mary Hills Ikorodu, Rev. Fr. Livinus Orakwe, has called on Nigerian youth to be creative, using talent as a leverage to fight economic recession and shun all forms of violence in the society.

Orakwe, however, maintained that youths should make books their companion to develop a reading culture. Saying that the violence in Ikorodu area of Lagos State are usually perpetrated by non indigenes that are non Christians, as the indigenes are known for peaceful co-existence.

Speaking with Daily Times during his books launch, Orakwe made it clear that his books are meant to teach youth how to make use of their talent to meet her societal needs.

“The five books are not exclusive to religion they are purely novels which portray realities except on written in Yoruba, although you can get some religious under tone in them , they are not exclusive to other religion, the book portray the realities of the entire world that include a facets of all religion and culture”, he said.
Furthermore, the book addressed all forms of women oppression in the society by government, “as a liberation philosopher, I feel so sad when I see people been oppressed so I tried to bring solutions to the oppressed and that is why I made these assertion ‘using your talent to fight recession’.

Speaking on profession and talent, Orakwe said in life you may have your profession but let your talent lead you through, our profession is never our talent and neither our talent our profession, some confuse profession for talent. In your profession would be paid some certain reward but after a long time you will retire but if it is your talent it would remain till death.
He noted that the problems Nigerians are facing in the society are caused by the few who think that they are the owners of the country and they are not allowing Nigeria to move forward. ’’ Nigeria could have been developed long time ago, but these people keep recycling them self and their children in the corridors of power’’.

Also speaking ,Rev. Fr. Anthony Nworuh advise youth to change their mentality about life saying that once every youth in not meeting up with the economic demands of its environment they will feel every bad, if not cautioned, they may engage in other means of survival, these was how violent emanated in Ikorodu.
Nworuh commended the author, noting that violent is not the solution to any problem, which the book is meant to address. Everyone should realize that they have a special gift instead of violent, adding that the earlier Nigerians realize her potentials the better for the country.

‘’There are many areas to annex these potentials that no one has talked about, as every invention is based on human creativity’’, he said.

He concluded, by urging government to be transparent in all dealings with youth in job creation as there should be a proper integration of the young once into governance in other to get better understanding of their plight and creating a great future for Nigeria.