Nigerian government unveils fresh plans to curb unemployment
According to the Minister, universities graduate hundreds of thousands of youths who have no hope of securing employment in government agencies or companies.
“The learnings and principles applied through REAP, are transferable to any town, city, state or region of this dear nation of ours. And so it should be.“I would like to say that this undertaking was inspired by the President’s fight against Poverty and his focus on Economic Development. He explained that in May, MIT accepted Abuja’s application to embark on the programme after a competitive assessment of bidding regions from all over the world.
“The main purpose of the programme is to adopt, and adapt, MIT’s proven frameworks on accelerating innovation to create localized strategies for developing and sustaining enterprises driven by innovation . “This is not just about the use of ICT for its sake alone, but as a potential enabler for amazing things to happen everywhere, alongside other forms of technological research and development.
“Though we do have a good base of SME entrepreneurship, we need to play in the new economies for they are the drivers of future job growth. It means we need to tackle bottlenecks, be they policy-based or any underlying issues and attitudes among youth, as they may be identified. It also means seeking lots of data.
“With the induction of Abuja into REAP, we seek to develop harmonized strategies and remove identified bottlenecks; in order to catalyze innovation and the business of innovativeness. “You all, are visionaries in your own right. Apart from your accomplishments, you represent varied professional backgrounds and geographies.
“The partnership emanated from building a team; and to that extent, I am grateful for the presence here of my brothers, the Honourable Minister for the FCT, our Chief Host and keen supporter, my Co-Champion, The Executive Secretary PEFB and the DG NITDA, whose organisations shall spearhead the government stakeholder engagement.
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