The Federal Government is set to introduce a labour statistics system where unemployed Nigerians at home and abroad can apply for jobs in Nigeria.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, told a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the move was part of the government’s efforts to tackle the high rate of unemployment in the country.“Nigerians in the diaspora, particularly specialists who want to return home can look at the labour statistics to know where vacancies exist,’’ NAN quoted him as saying.
“We do what is called cross-matching and people are gainfully employed through it. This is the facilitation of employment,’’ he stressed. “There are two programmes. One is for five million dollars and the other one for four million dollars to take children away from child labour,’’ he said. He commended the ILO for being up and doing in the area of technical assistance and urged the organisation to sustain the momentum.
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