The Federal Government
said it has created millions of jobs through various programmes cutting across
many sectors.
Minister
of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said agricultural sector has
created 7 million jobs, while 69,736 jobs have been created in the Power, Works
and Housing Sector.
Speaking at the 6th Graduation
Ceremony of the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), founded by former Rivers
State first lady, Dame Judith Amaechi, in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Alhaji
Mohammed said the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, through which “6.4
million school children in 33,981 schools across 20 states are being fed with
one meal a day, has created jobs for 61,352 cooks.
‘‘When
the Administration assumed office in May 2015, about 5 million farmers were
engaged in rice production. Thanks to the administration’s Anchor Borrowers
Programme, the number of farmers engaged in rice production today stands at
12.2 million. These are verifiable facts, not fiction,’’ he said.
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