1.8 million Nigerians enter job market yearly, says Okonjo-Iweala
The minister said the federal government created 1.6 million jobs last year.
The Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday in Abuja said no fewer than 1.8 million graduates in the country move into the labour market every year.
Ms. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, made this known during a meeting with delegates of the Arewa Youth Forum on issues of youth development in the Northern part of the country.
She said that the data was generated by National Bureau of Statistics and that it was to enable the Federal Government ascertain the level of youth unemployment and come up with policies to address it.
“I am proud to say that after two months of methodological work, the statisticians have come up with the data that 1.8 million people in the country enter the job market yearly.
“I am happy to tell you that last year we were able to create 1.6 million jobs. So we are getting close to the 1.8 million that enter the job market.
The 1.6 million jobs the minister said the government created has become a source of controversy among Nigerians. At least two non-governmental organizations have written to the minister asking her to provide evidence and details of the jobs.
One of the requests was filed by a youth development and advocacy group, Spaces for Change.
“We would like to see the copies of the enabling policies, executed and ongoing projects and programmes for bolstering job creation and youth employment so that we may independently verify the methodology, measures and figures employed in generating the statistical data of jobs created within the specified time frame,” said Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Executive Director, Spaces for Change.
So if by the 2014 we are having 1.8 million injected into the labour market what about now that the pandemic has made lots of people out of job.
But for the past eight years an NGO has been helping the nigerian youths who are ready and qualified, forward thinking, goal oriented to put their skills into good use by training, mentoring and coaching programs.
The president and ceo Amb. Mike adeyemi in his recent interview, says they've rolled out a campaign called WIN THE FUTURE to assist and contribute their quotas to the increase in the unemployment in the country, he said to benefit from this campaign every interested youth who wants to take their financial future to the next level should attend the forth coming seminar/ workshop at their head office in ikeja every Monday, Wednesday , Friday and Saturday, where they would be trained by their top international business leaders and trainers. You can visit their head office at 56, Allen avenue. Ikeja or contact their Project Director 08060005672 to learn more.
So we should not wait too long looking for a job our youth can create jobs and contribute greatly to our society and the economy.
So the question is after the youth services WHAT NEXT?
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