Economists are often in disagreement on what policy measures should be adopted in reducing unemployment in the economy. Usually, the disagreements are not on the policies per se but squarely on the implemention of any kind of policy meant to tackle unemployment. I’m tempted to say the foregoing because, lots of brilliant ideas on how best to tackle unemployment are Read More
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s custodian of economic data, has a penchant for kicking up storms with controversial methods of data gathering that result in misleading conclusions about the nation’s economic health. In March 2022, NBS data showed Nigeria’s inflation rates in a steep decline when the naira was taking a precipitous nose-dive in the foreign exchange market Read More
For the second time in a week, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned an Assistant Director in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Mr. Yildiyel Musa Takat, over fresh allegations bordering on fraud and employment racketeering. A statement by ICPC spokesperson Mrs. Azuka Ogugua Wednesday, disclosed that the defendant was dragged Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the attachment of 53 unemployed graduates in Akwa Ibom to different corporate institutions in the state under the Graduates Attachment Programme (GAP). Blueprint reports that posting letters were handed over to the beneficiaries after being given them orientation. The state coordinator of NDE, Mr. Obegolu Obiora, disclosed this during the official flag-off Read More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inadvertently admitted the excruciating pains it has inflicted on Nigeria’s beleaguered economy through its misguided fight against inflation. In his inauspicious defence for the senseless hikes on monetary policy rate (MPR), the nation’s benchmark lending rate, Godwin Emefiele, CBN’s embattled governor lamented that between May 2022 and May 2023, the incessant MPR hikes Read More
In 2003, I ran into a young ebullient graduate of a notable federal university in one of the South-east states. Yes, through divine providence, I came across a brilliant chap in Umuahia, the Abia state capital. I found out in the course of my discussion with him that he graduated with second class upper division in laboratory science. But that Read More
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Hon. Obiageli Orah, has charged youths in the Southeastern states and across Nigeria to embrace vocational skills acquisition in order to fight the menace of poverty and improve their living condition. Speaking during a visit to the NDE South East Zonal office in Awka, Anambra state, Orah Read More
It is a fact that Nigeria is among the countries with the highest level of unemployment in Africa, where youths are roaming the streets looking for jobs. According to recent statistics, there are 25 million unemployed graduates in the country. This has, however, shown that there is a need for graduates to invest in entrepreneurship because the government cannot provide Read More
The Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum has urged government agencies to enter Public Private Partnership (PPP), in order to create decent jobs for unemployed Nigerians. According to the minister, PPP’s would also resolve the protracted challenges associated with unemployment and reduce poverty while also providing a foundation for more robust and inclusive Read More
It is a fact that Nigeria is among the countries with the highest level of unemployment in Africa, where youths are roaming the streets looking for jobs. According to recent statistics, there are 25 million unemployed graduates in the country. This has, however, shown that there is a need for graduates to invest in entrepreneurship because the government cannot provide Read More
CHUKS NWEZE in this report writes on how a group is assisting to provide skills for some persons in order to reduce unemployment. Unemployment is believed to be one of the remote causes of crimes in the society involving youths because those youths that should be engaged in one activity or the other are left without any tangible job; hence, Read More
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Akande Tunde’s Movement (ATM) has trained about 400 youths in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Speaking during the presentation of certificates to beneficiaries recently, the founder of the Akande Tunde’s Movement, Dr Kazeem Akande, explained that the two months of computer training was organised as a part of his contribution to the Read More
The vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has said unemployment rate in the country could be reduced if government at all levels and corporate organisations could see talents discovery as a priority area of focus. Prof. Obi said this in Calabar, Friday, during the 2022 International Youth Day Celebration, organised by the University of Calabar with support Read More
The federal government has flagged off the training programme for unskilled persons aimed at equipping them with employable skills that would boost their socio-economic wellbeing. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige said this while inaugurating the programme in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital (North-Central zone). He said the training was for creating safety-net jobs for unskilled persons in Read More
The spate of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria has moved the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to institutionalize apprenticeship and traineeship in resolving these challenges bearing in mind how well it worked for other countries. ADEOLA TUKURU reports. The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report on Labour Force Statistics, Unemployment and Underemployment of Q4 2020, said the number of unemployed persons Read More
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has revealed that rather than the absence of jobs, vacancies still exist in several sectors of the national economy that either could not be filled by Nigerians because of the lack of requisite skills or were being filled by foreigners. The director-general/chief executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, stated this Thursday Read More
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has revealed that rather than the absence of jobs, vacancies still exist in several sectors of the national economy that either could not be filled by Nigerians because of the lack of requisite skills or were being filled by foreigners. The Director General/ Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, who Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) recently took journalists around some of her skills and vocational centres across the country, MOSES JOHN was on the entourage and he reports. In a bid to curb the menace of unemployment in Nigeria, the Babangida administration in 1986 established the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and its programmes were launched nationwide on 30 Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has engaged about 330 youth in a new job creation training scheme in 11 States of the federation. The states, according to a statement by NDE’s Deputy Director Information and Public Relations Edmund Onwuliri are Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Lagos, Kwara, Osun and Yobe. Onwuliri further revealed that the job creation programme is Read More
Unemployment, poverty have been identified as promoting illegal refining attractive in Niger Delta. The region at the weekend witnessed one of the worst oil and gas disasters when scores were killed at an illegal refining outfit. Charred bodies were left scattered among burnt palms, cars and vans on Sunday after a weekend explosion that killed more than 100 people at Read More
Bismarck Rewane, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited has said unemployment has become a major problem with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing at 3.4 per cent, while labour productivity is growing at merely 1.7 per cent. “Unemployment has become a hydra headed problem. Almost every presidential candidate, at last count 95 of them, have unemployment among Read More
Clearly, but avoidably, we are not living in Nigeria as we used to know it – a peaceful country inhabited by sane people. Today’s Nigeria is clearly inhabited by some insane people, both in government and out of it, and bedevilled by myriads of problems, chief among them is insecurity, poverty and high levels of unemployment and internal conflicts. Now, Read More
Persistent and significant gaps in care services and policies have left hundreds of millions of workers with family responsibilities without adequate protection and support, yet meeting these needs could create almost 300 million jobs, and create a continuum of care that would help to alleviate poverty, encourage gender equality, and support care for children and the elderly, says a new Read More
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has reiterated its commitment to reducing the rate of unemployment and its consequences in Nigeria. Director-General NDE Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo made this known at the just concluded NDE’s Day at the Kano International Trade Fair. He assured of the agency’s unrelenting efforts to conquer the menace of unemployment through job creation. “NDE In the Read More
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has reiterated his administration’s commitment to end youth restiveness in the state by providing adequate opportunities and necessary entrepreneurial skills. He also warned that the menace of using the youth in political thuggery and criminality for the selfish interest of politicians will not be condoned by his administration. The governor stated this Saturday Read More
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