FG to employ 350,000 graduates

The federal government has revealed its plan to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power volunteer corps. 

Laolu Akande, senior special assistant on media and publicity to the vice-president, disclosed this in a statement.

Akande said President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the appropriation of N157.75bn in the 2017 budget estimates for the N-Power scheme.

He said the N-Power is just one of the many Social Investment Programmes (SIP) of the Buhari presidency.

Akande added that the SIP budget proposals for 2017 are currently being discussed this week at the national assembly.

“Out of the N-Power 2017 N157B 2017 budget, 350,000 unemployed graduates more would be hired and trained, alongside 50,000 non-graduates youths to be engaged as artisans and in other creative ventures,” Akande said.