FG reassures on creation of decent employment

Federal Government on Monday reiterated its commitment towards provision of decent employment for Nigerians.

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, gave the assurance while reacting to ‘the online publication requesting unemployed Nigerian youths to submit application for employment at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment headquarter and zonal offices nationwide.’

Ngige, in a statement obtained by BusinessDay, warned Nigerians not to fall prey of the employment scammers who had been requesting applicants to pay what they dubbed ‘application fees’ through their websites.

The minister, who urged Nigerians to discountenance the recruitment scam, however, affirmed the present administration’s resolve to fulfilled its promises.

“In view of the apprehension the above false information has generated, it is pertinent to point out that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the creation of decent employment opportunities for teeming unemployed Nigerians and has perfected plans for massive job creation through well thought out programmes such as Graduate Teachers Conversion Programme, Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), Vocational Skills Acquisition and Upgrading, Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) for the vulnerable persons including market women,” according to the statement issued by Samuel Olowookere, deputy director (press).

He also assured Nigerians that the ministry would keep the general public informed “in due course when any of these programmes/scheme is being rolled out.

“The public is hereby warned to disregard the said online publication as any person who does otherwise does so at his or her own risk, especially when some of the websites have been requesting applicants to pay what they dubbed ‘application fees’.”