The
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has called on unemployed
Nigerians to register at the online job portal of the Social Intervention
Scheme of the Federal Government.
Ngige’s call is
contained in a statement issued by Samuel Olowookere, the Deputy Director,
Press in the ministry on Sunday in Abuja.
The minister made the
call over the weekend, while inaugurating the National Directorate of
Employment (NDE) School-to-Work Programme in Calabar.
He said it was
imperative for all unemployed Nigerians to register at the online job portal in
order to benefit from different categories of programmes which government was
offering.
“You must register to
benefit from the Social Intervention Scheme. Unfortunately, as we speak, by
last week, the portal has only recorded about 1.2 million persons.
“We expect more persons
to have been registered in the portal before our screening exercise; the
registration on the portal is Npower.ng.org. The portal closes Aug. 31, which
is just few days away.
“For those who are not
computer literate, we advise state governments to encourage them by using local
government chairmen to move into local government areas to register the
unemployed persons there.
“So that they can
qualify to be considered for the scheme. Each state of the federation is
expected to recruit about 1, 500 persons,’’ he said.
Ngige,
however, said that the School-To-Work programme was a renewed vigour by the
ministry to catch them young.
The minister said it
was also a bold attempt to build a future Nigeria where white-collar jobs would
be unattractive.
“We are building a
generation of Nigerians where creative thinking, self-confidence and dignity of
labour will challenge the prevailing unemployment scourge.
“We are building a
generation of Nigerians who will not only create wealth with their hands, but
are proud employers with skills from hands that God has given them, ‘’he added.
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