Nigerian Concord Newspaper
With youth unemployment and the growing difficulty of securing formal employment, Dr. Eunice Ortom’s senatorial aspiration presents an opportunity to promote practical solutions that advance entrepreneurship, self-reliance and economic inclusion among young people in Benue North-West.
Her vision, as reflected in her sustained engagements with youth groups, associations and other organised bodies, underscores the importance of creating alternative pathways to economic prosperity beyond dependence on conventional employment.
If elected, Dr. Eunice Ortom will leverage her legislative position to champion policies and initiatives that facilitate access to financial grants, start-up capital and business development support for young entrepreneurs. Such interventions would provide opportunities for young people with viable business ideas to establish small-scale enterprises, expand existing businesses and become economically self-sustaining.
This approach to representation recognises that addressing youth unemployment requires more than political promises,it demands deliberate advocacy for accessible funding, entrepreneurial development and an enabling environment for small businesses to thrive.
Ultimately, her aspiration offers a prospect of representation that places youth economic empowerment at the centre of its development agenda, with the objective of transforming the entrepreneurial potential of young people into sustainable livelihoods and contributors to the economic growth of the zone.