Tag: Jobs
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BREAKING: Reps halt FG’s 774,000 job scheme, condemn sack of NDE boss
House of Representatives has passed a resolution mandating the Minister Of State For Labour Festus Keyamo (SAN), to stay action on the planned January 2021 implementation of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government. The reps passed the resolution on Tuesday, saying the programme will not be implemented until a comprehensive list of…
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Elected people won’t escape if fresh #EndSARS protests break out – Senate President
The Senate Monday called on the Federal Government to dedicate substantial part of the 2021 budget to create employment opportunities, reduce poverty and ensure food security for Nigerians in order to prevent another youth uprising similar to what was witnessed following the recent #EndSARS protests. This is even as the upper chamber decried what it…
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Textile alone can generate 2.5 million jobs – Issa Aremu tells FG
Mr Issa Aremu, Vice President of IndustriALL Global Union, has said that the textile industries alone can generate over 2.5 million jobs in Nigeria if rejuvenated. To President Muhammadu Buhari, Aremu said the current government could create 100 million jobs over the next 10 years with the resuscitation of the textile industries. Aremu made the…
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COVID-19: NITDA stipulate strategies to retain 100,000 jobs
In its bid to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has mapped out strategic plans to retain 100,000 jobs and create 30,000 more. The Director-General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this in a virtual meeting on Friday organised by Innovation Support Network (ISN), at its North…
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42% of Nigerians Lost Jobs to COVID – NBS
No fewer than 42 per cent of hitherto employed Nigerians lost their means of livelihood to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). It stated that the impact on employment and income had been widespread as “respondents who were working before the outbreak reported that they were…
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COVID-19 Pandemic: 195 million jobs at risk globally – ILO report
A report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has predicted that the novel coronavirus [COVID-19] disease may wipe out as much as 195 million full-time jobs or 6.7 per cent of working hours globally in the second quarter of the year. The report highlighted some of the worst affected sectors and regions, and outlines policies…
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Don’t wait on government for jobs, Ngige tells unemployed graduates
Minister of Lbour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has asked unemployed graduates to invest their time in creative jobs. According to Charles Akpan, a spokesman of the ministry, Ngige said this in Benin, Edo state, during a townhall meeting on popularisation of blue/green collar jobs among graduates of tertiary institutions, on Monday. Represented by Martina…
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ICYMI: Nigerian youths lack skills for available jobs – Tinubu
The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has said that Nigerian youths lack the skill-set for available jobs in the country, thereby making them unemployable. Tinubu, who spoke at a workshop organised by her senatorial office for 260 interns in Lagos yesterday, said several of those who are able to secure jobs…
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Nigeria Customs Service jobs portal goes live with 3200 vacancies
The jobs portal officially announced by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday to recruit officers into the service is now live. The Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi at a news conference in Abuja had said 3,200 officers would be recruited into the service with this ongoing…