Policy Flip‑Flops, Insecurity Stall West Africa’s Fight Against Youth Unemployment, ECOWAS MPs Say
Erratic government bans and widespread insecurity are crippling efforts to cut West Africa’s estimated 30 percent youth jobless rate, lawmakers warned at an ECOWAS parliamentary hearing in Monrovia. Speaking for the bloc’s joint committees on Administration, Finance & Budget; Public Accounts; Macroeconomic Policy; Industry; and the Private Sector, Nigerian Senator Osita Izunaso blasted…