Nigeria, Sept. 19 -- The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to urgently rescue ailing industries so as to absorb the teeming unemployed graduates and create wealth for Nigeria.

The lawmakers made the call while adopting a motion brought before it under matters of urgent national importance by James Faleke (Lagos, APC).

Mr Faleke while moving the motion said over 1.3 million students graduate every year from tertiary institutions nationwide and join the large pool of unemployed youth.

He said since most of the graduates lack the resources or technical knowhow to be self-employed, the moribund industries would be the best to absorb them.

The Lagos lawmaker called for a review of the curricula of the Nigerian e...