Determined to curb unemployment in the country, the federal government has issued starter packs, to about five thousand youths, who have received various skills training from the National Directorate of Employment, NDE.
Minister of state for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at the distribution of kits to 250 beneficiaries in Abuja said the President Bola Tinubu administration is poised to reduce the growing youth unemployment in Nigeria.
The NDE director general, Silas Agara, and other government representatives enjoined the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the starter packs and grow beyond self sustainance to become employers of labour
The government , through the Nigerian social insurance trust fund, has also expressed commitment to providing social safety nets that would enhance job creation in Nigeria.
Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie
