The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige,
has disclosed that the Federal Government will target unemployed graduates,
market women and the Civilian Joint Task Force in
the north-east in the 5,000
stipends promised by the Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
He made this known in Abuja while speaking to newsmen. He
explained that the stipend will be paid through a social security scheme.
The Minister said the Federal Government will empower
unemployed graduates through a teacher conversion scheme, noting that other
unskilled individuals, including market women and the civilian JTF in the
north-east will undertake training at various skills acquisition centres across
the country.
Ngige said: “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.
Credit: Pulse
Credit: Pulse
“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.”
Pulse recalls that many Nigerians, especially on social
media, had criticized the government for its silence on the N5,000 stipend
which was promised unemployed youths by President Muhammadu Buhari during the
last Presidential election campaigns.
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