Buhari Has Done Creditably Well In Jobs Creation – Festus Keyamo

Buhari and Keyamo
The Minister of State For Labour, Festus Keyamo on Sunday, May 31 has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has done well in the aspect of job creation since coming into power. Festus Keyamo

The Minister said the administration’s target was to “skill-up”, and that promise has been met, but the reason why the administration’s effort seems to be going unnoticed at the moment is that the population is growing faster than the rate of job creation.

Festus Keyamo while on “Sunday Politics”, on Channels TV Sunday morning May 31 made this assertion.

The Minister said;

“The Buhari administration has performed well in its job creation promise. The basic thrust of this government in job creation is to ‘skill up’ people so they can be self-employed and create jobs.”
“What makes the efforts of the government unnoticed is because Nigeria’s population grows faster than the rate of jobs.
“The population grows faster than the rate of job creation. On job creation, we have done creditably well.”
On efforts made to cushion the effect of Coronavirus on workers, Keyamo added;
“The FG has made a special fund available to cushion the effect of COVID-19. People at the grassroots; the unskilled labourers are a big part of the economy.”

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