President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated yesterday a Presidential Jobs Board of Nigeria with a mandate to create three million jobs within the next 12 months.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo is the Chairman of the 31-member board. Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu is vice-chairman. The board is drawn from public and private sectors.
Jonathan urged the board to work out a road map that will on monthly and on a yearly basis create jobs for the youth.
Urging the committee to give time-to-time report to Nigerians on its progress, the President lamented the “missing link” between training and employment in Nigeria.
He challenged government-owned job training agencies to fine-tune their duties for the benefit of young unemployed Nigerians and the national economy.
Jonathan said: ”No one can deny that jobs are at the centre for economic revolution. Infact, the problem facing any head of government all over the world is Job creation. They are essential to make our people live well and they are critical to the promotion of our people’s dignity.”
“Jobs enhance self worth and it is a source of personal pride. Indeed it is at the heart of national economic and social development.”
“Let me charge department and agencies of government that have been training people over the period, like SMEDAN, ITF, PDTF, NDE, NIMASA, Ministry of Women Affairs and other agencies that do that as a part of their responsibilities, to train and create jobs.”
“There is a missing link, because there is a difference between training people to acquire skills and job creation. I have observed over a period that agencies of government are more interested in training. “
“My conviction is that if you train 100 people and none of them is either self employed or employed by any corporation that is a total waste, you are rather frustrating more people and probably increasing the number of criminals in the society. “
He went on: “I always say Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I hope if you dont win the next election the next president will continue in that path.
ReplyDeleteCreate 3 million jobs in 3 months? Obviously Jonathan does not know what job creation means. In a non-technical society such as Nigeria, this is impossible, otherwise the highly advanced societies would have done it. Where is the money to create these jobs going to come from? Most of the revenue from the sale of oil is promptly plundered by the leaders of the country and their cronies. What is not stolen at the federal level is stolen at the state level. The President needs to understant that you can't eat your cake and have it. Without attacking corruption in Nigeria, all this talk about job creation is a mere waste of time and nothing but flagrant deception.
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