The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to create about 1 million jobs
through an online initiative, the Integrated Youth Development
Initiative. The Initiative which has been designed to address the
nation’s high unemployment rate in a practical way aims at monitoring
youth development in the country closely.
Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation, Mr. Obi Adim said:
“We
are looking at creating about one million jobs a year. We have various
sectors we are looking at such as Information and Communication
Technology, entrepreneurship, and skills acquisition.”
According
to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria currently has an
unemployment rate of 23.9 per cent. In a recent media chat, Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, Josephine Washima,
said that the initiative has received a lot of buy-in from stakeholders
and that more details about the initiative would be announced before the
end of July.
Washima noted that the initiative is quite
different from the Nigerian Government’s Youth Enteprise with Innovation
Programme, (YouWIN).
“The YouWin programme is a business
competition, which is online-based and this is totally different from
the Integrated Youth Empowerment Initiative. Our initiative is not a
competition but it will empower the youth at the end of the day if
properly implemented,” she said.
She emphasized that through the
initiative, Nigerian youth will be equipped with the required skills
that will help transform their lives.
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