I will create more than 200,000 jobs - Obaseki promises
- Governor Godwin Obaseki says administration has created 37,000 jobs through the EdoJobs initiative
- He states that 650 graduates gained employment after being trained on employability
- Obaseki says his government is focused on helping people see opportunities in other sectors
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has said he will create more than the 200,000 jobs he promised during the electioneering campaigns.
Obaseki made the statement on Thursday, March 8, at the launch of a partnership with several organisations training youths on information and communication technology, small scale businesses and vehicle repairs amongst others.
The governor, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on skills development and job creation, Ukinebo Dare, said the jobs would be sustainable as many of the beneficiaries would become employers of labour, The Nation reports.
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He said his administration has created 37,000 jobs through the EdoJobs initiative.
The governor stated that in 2017,650 graduates gained employment after being trained on employability. He said others were trained on various skills acquisition.
Obaseki noted that his administration was focused on helping people see opportunities in other sectors and make them skilled enough for employment in private organizations.
Meanwhile, the federal ministry of education on Wednesday, March 7, said it was committed to end the on-going strike by the non-teaching labour unions in Nigeria universities.
The director, press and public relations of the ministry, Priscilla Ihuoma, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
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Recall that the unions, comprising of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAATs) had on December 4,2017, embarked on an indefinite strike.
The unions, under the aegis of the Joint Actions Committee (JAC), are protesting the none implementation of an agreement they entered into with the Federal Government in 2009.
They are also agitating the sharing formula of the N23 billion released by the federal government as part of the earned allowance of workers of federal universities across the country, among other issues.
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