Nigerian youths have been urged by the
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, to clinch technical
skills as part of effort to quash unemployment.
The minister spoke to Channels Television, on Tuesday, December 22,
in response to President Muhammadu Buhari’s presentation of the 2016
Appropriation Bill at the National Assembly.
Ngige expressed optimism that the crux of the 2016 Appropriation Bill will be on curbing youths unemployment as well as take care for the vulnerable.
When he was questioned on the ministry’s plan to execute the alleged crux of the 2016 budget, Ngige said: “What you should expect are jobs and more jobs. If you look at the budget it might not be clear to you what we have done. It’s an intervention budget for job creation.
“There are so many programmes that will run under them but all of them will end up being for job creation – giving employment.
“We will give employment that will be decent. For example, one of the programmes we are going to execute is the conversion of graduates into the teaching cadre. We’ll give them training after Youth Corps, 1-year post Youth Corps, 2-year post Youth Corps, that is the bar and we will start form there; get them into teaching.
“Whether you are an engineer or lawyer, we will convert you and use that as a transition job for the time being.
“We are also going to do skill acquisition. All our skill acquisition centre scattered all over the country are going to be raised into performing their roles.
“Our children should forget about white collar jobs for now. They should use their hands and learn how to lay tiles, make POP, do some carpentry work. These are jobs that are paying even in the western climes.
“Mr President has assured that Nigerians will smile. It’s a reflationary budget that you are seeing now.”
Watch the full video clip below.
Recently the minister of Labour and Productivity disclosed that not all youths will get the N5000 stipend as promised by the All Progressives Congress led-federal government.
Recall that Ngige while addressing management and staff of the Ministry on his assumption of duty, assured Nigerians of the readiness of the ministry to tackle the menace of unemployment in the country.
Minister
of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has urged Nigerian youths to
clinch technical skills as part of effort to quash unemployment.
Ngige expressed optimism that the crux of the 2016 Appropriation Bill will be on curbing youths unemployment as well as take care for the vulnerable.
When he was questioned on the ministry’s plan to execute the alleged crux of the 2016 budget, Ngige said: “What you should expect are jobs and more jobs. If you look at the budget it might not be clear to you what we have done. It’s an intervention budget for job creation.
“There are so many programmes that will run under them but all of them will end up being for job creation – giving employment.
“We will give employment that will be decent. For example, one of the programmes we are going to execute is the conversion of graduates into the teaching cadre. We’ll give them training after Youth Corps, 1-year post Youth Corps, 2-year post Youth Corps, that is the bar and we will start form there; get them into teaching.
“Whether you are an engineer or lawyer, we will convert you and use that as a transition job for the time being.
“We are also going to do skill acquisition. All our skill acquisition centre scattered all over the country are going to be raised into performing their roles.
“Our children should forget about white collar jobs for now. They should use their hands and learn how to lay tiles, make POP, do some carpentry work. These are jobs that are paying even in the western climes.
“Mr President has assured that Nigerians will smile. It’s a reflationary budget that you are seeing now.”
Watch the full video clip below.
Recently the minister of Labour and Productivity disclosed that not all youths will get the N5000 stipend as promised by the All Progressives Congress led-federal government.
Recall that Ngige while addressing management and staff of the Ministry on his assumption of duty, assured Nigerians of the readiness of the ministry to tackle the menace of unemployment in the country.
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