Medical Director of Rabban Medical Centre, Lagos, Dr. Abayomi Balogun, has urged the Federal Government to evolve policies that will further diversify the nation's economy.
Balogun, who spoke in Lagos at the inauguration of Westland Hotels and Suites, Ijegun, particularly called for the expansion of the nation's hospitality industry.
The hospitality industry, he said, was capable of creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youths and keeping them away from crimes.
He added that a genuine commitment to the industry would help the country to be among the 20 most developed economies by 2020.
Balogun said, "It is only when an individual has no genuine work to engage in as a source of livelihood that he has time to think of alternative means to get the necessities of life. Since an idle mind is the devil's workshop, the individual may be tempted to engage in criminal activities to keep body and soul together."
Urging the Federal Government to strengthen its agencies like the National Directorate of Employment in its efforts to create jobs, he also canvassed the need to create an enabling environment for the private sector to participate actively in driving the nation's economy.
