350,000 unemployed graduates to be engaged: FG
Worried by the increasing unemployment rate in the country, the federal government of Nigeria is set to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power Volunteer Corps.
The N-Power is one of the many Social Investments Programme (SIPs) of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, aimed at improving the lot of the Nigerian people.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Acting President, Mr. Laolu Akande, who made the announcement, said President Muhammadu Buhari has requested appropriation of N157.75 billion in the 2017 budget estimates for the N-Power scheme.
Akande urged Nigerians to actively come out and take advantage of the different schemes.
He said: “Out of the N-Power N157 billion in the 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.”
He explained that under the N157.75 billion, a sum of N4.5 billion has been earmarked for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, (STEM) programme to support young Nigerians in building skills in those disciplines.
“While we were able to engage 200,000 unemployed graduates last year, we will do 350,000 more this year,” he added.
