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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 exercise.

    Sanusi explained that 800 would be recruited to fill vacancies in the Support Staff for Superintendent Cadre Category, and 2,400 would fill that of Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadre in the General Duty Categories.

    According to him, the web portal to receive and process all applications, created as a sub-domain of the NCS website, www.customs.gov.ng is vacancy.customs.gov.ng.

    He said the portal “is a user-friendly one that prospective applicants from all parts of the country and even outside Nigeria can log in to submit applications and upload documents.

    “Shortlisting of candidates will be done and such candidates shortlisted will be notified, invited for continuation of the recruitment process.

    “Following the necessary approval from the Federal Executive Council (FEC), NCS is now set to recruit officers and men to fill existing vacancies.

    “Application for recruitment will be open to all eligible Nigerians, who meet the requirements irrespective of their tribe, religion, state, or any other consideration.

    “In our bid to ensure equal and fair opportunity to all applicants, we are working every step of the recruitment process in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Character Commission.

    “We are actively engaged with the commission to ensure that the process will earn a certificate of compliance on merit”.

    Sanusi said that customs would deploy help desk for applicants to handle complaints, and offer support service.

    He said the help desk could be reached through the email address – helpdesk@customs.gov.ng, adding that a detailed Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) was also populated on the application portal for further clarification.

    The Deputy Comptroller-General disclosed that more details of the recruitment would be advertised on seven national newspapers on Wednesday, April 17.

    “We are determined to conduct an exercise that is credible, fair and transparent and we will deploy all machinery within our powers to ensure that the integrity of the exercise is not compromised.

    “We will like to emphasise that participation in this exercise is free for all eligible applicants, any demand for or solicitation for any payments to process, facilitate, or influence the process under any guise is illegal and should be reported to customs’ office.

    “We are aware that some criminal elements may want to take advantage of this recruitment to scam desperate job applicants.

    “Some of them are reported to be operating illegal sites and portals, collecting various sums of money from applicants.

    “I want to reiterate that the portal for this exercise can only be accessed through the official service web site, where no fees will be demanded,” he said.

  • FEC approves N5.5bn to create 60,000 jobs

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved N5.5 billion for the creation of 60,000 jobs.

    The contract, under the N-Power Knowledge Multipack project, is to train 12,000 youths between 18 and 25 years old.

    The 12,000 youths will in turn be empowered to train additional youths, bringing the total beneficiaries to 60,000.

    The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    According to him, the contract, which was awarded under the Social Investment Programmes, will make provision of N259,000 each for training the youths and N207, 000 each for their tools.

    He said: “One of the projects approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) today is knowledge, youth and empowerment programme. Now, this programme targets 12,000 young Nigerians of between the ages of 18 to 25 years. It is meant to give them trainings and devices.

    “The trainings intend to transform the 12,000 beneficiaries from unemployed, under-employed trainees to employed citizens and entrepreneurs.

    “It will deliver to 12,000 beneficiaries informed trainings which will enable beneficiaries build and imbibe technical proficiency such as assembling, repairs, maintenance as well as technology skills and digital literacy across a wide range of electronic brands, products and technology which can be grouped into three areas – mobile devices, computing devices and commonly used electronic devices irrespective of their socio-economic backgrounds.

    “It’s a programme that is open to all unemployed youths across the six geo-political zones. Each of the 12,000 targeted beneficiaries will be empowered to train 5,000 youths via a training platform which means they will need to translate the jobs to 60,000 additional jobs because each of the 12,000 is empowered to train five other youths via a training platform and engage them on his or her platform.

    “The project is awarded to Messrs Softcam. It’s of nine months’ duration. Softcam will be working with officials of Social Investment Programme.

    “It will cost N259,000 per youth for the training and N207,000 for work tools. Thereafter, once they are trained, they will set up their businesses. Each of the 12,000 beneficiaries will set up his/her business. The cost is N5.595 billion.

    “The idea is to ensure that our youths are trained and capable of handling all these electronic equipment, ” Udoma said.

    The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed said $6.8 million loan was approved for rebuilding of the Northeast.

    Hajia Ahmed said: “As at December 2018, the National Assembly had approved the Issuance of Promissory Notes to two (2) creditor categories from the Programme:

    1. Refund to 21 state governments for projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government (Refunds to 4 States – Bauchi, Delta, Kogi and Taraba, were not approved) (N488,743,526,204.77).

    “ii. Payment to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for Fuel Supply Accrued Interest and Foreign Exchange Differentials (N348,003,054,975.00).

    Note: Subsequent to the submission of this Memo to Council, NASS approved the following additional items:

    • Refund to two (2) State Governments (Delta and Taraba States) – N90,236,461,031.36;
    • Payment for six (6) Contractors – N206,065,107,252.69; and,
    • Payment of Exporters Claims under the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) Scheme – N195,089,234,808.63.

    “Purpose of the Council Memo

    To seek Council’s approval for the following: i. Appointment of Transaction Parties for the Programme

    1. To incur a total estimated cost of N689.96 million (including Fees and Expenses to the Transaction Parties) in implementing the Programme and that the funds be sourced from proceeds of FGN Securities Issuance.

    “Appointment of Transaction Parties and the Procurement Process

    1. Three categories of Transaction Parties are to be appointed for the implementation of the Programme. They are: i) An International Accounting Firm operating in Nigeria (for verification of the liabilities); ii) Financial Advisers (for the structuring of the Promissory Note); and, iii) Legal Advisers (for legal advisory services and litigations that may arise).

    Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing Mustapha Shehuri said the Council approved N6.17 billion for the augmentation of the contract for the construction of Ikot-Ekpene border-Aba-Owerri road, Section 1, Phase 1.

    He said that the contract was awarded in 2012 but the augmentation had to come following observations by the contractor.

    He said: “FEC has given approval for the augmentation of contract for construction of Ikot-Ekpene border-Aba-Owerri road, Section 1, Phase 1 and the length is 11.26km.

    “The contract was awarded in 2012 to Arab Contractors at the cost of N3.78b; it came up for augmentation because the contractor actually observed some failures in the contract around some sections of the road.

    “Actually, it is a one lane but with the augmentation now, it will be dualised; the contract period in 12 months; the cost after augmentation is now N6.17 billion,’’ he said.

    The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Abubakar, said that FEC approved the revised estimated total cost for the completion of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Headquarters in Abuja.

    She said that the building was initially conceived to be the National Children’s Library and Resource Centre approved in 2006.

    The 20 new completed projects including erosion and flood control works, he said, are located in Bauchi, Yobe, Ekiti, Kano, Nasarawa, Benue, Katsina, FCT, Jigawa and Kebbi states.

    The Minister of Mines and Steel, Bawa Bwari said that FEC approved N486.9 million for mining drilling equipment.

  • We have created N12m new jobs – Presidency

    The Presidency has put the total number of jobs the Muhammadu Buhari led administration has created since it was elected into government at 12 million jobs.

    The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this when asked about National Bureau Statistic (NBS) data indicating millions of jobs have been lose when he appeared on today’s Sunrise daily programme.

    Disputing the figures released by the NBS, he said the Director General of NBS, Yemi Kale, had admitted to the Federal Government that they had only focused on white collar jobs loses.

    “The NBS chief while addressing the Federal cabinet and made admission himself that they had concentrated their analysis over time on white collar jobs and that they haven’t taken into cognisance of jobs creation in the area of agriculture ” he said.

    “The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria made an open claim that they have created 12 million new jobs and nobody has come out to dispute that”.

    “When he finished addressing the Federal cabinet last week, the DG was told to go out and address the public about what he just told them. So you’re just saying to us that Jigawa, Kebbi and Ebonyi are reporting the lowest employment rate on the account of agriculture”.

    “So I think that it is data collected on the basic of which some of the judgements that have been passed are misleading. There is now a convergence. The data has been unfair to this administration, they have ignored job creation in the areas of agriculture and now that is being integrated and Nigerians will be impressed with us as we have created 12 million new jobs in the area of agriculture.

    But the DG of NBS, Yemi Kale in a response to a question tweeted to him on his official twitter handle about Shehu’s claim of admitting of misleading the public on the number job loses across the country denied admitting what the Presidential Spokesman said.

    “neither the statistician General nor NBS ever made any such admission at anytime to anybody and the unemployment computations does take into account all sectors, age groups and both rural and urban areas” he said.

  • ICT Roadmap: NIPOST to create 250,000 jobs

    ICT Roadmap: NIPOST to create 250,000 jobs

    The Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) is to create additional 250,000 jobs by 2020, an official said on Monday in Lagos.

    The NIPOST Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Mr Thomas Gaga, made the disclosure at the official launch of the Nigeria ICT Roadmap 2017-2020.

    The occasion featured a sensitisation workshop on the roadmap.

    The workshop had the theme: “The Role of the Private Sector in the Implementation of Nigeria ICT Roadmap”.

    Gaga said that the jobs would be created through the implementing of the roadmap.

    According to him, implementation of the roadmap would enable NIPOST to create e-stamps, engage in e- commerce and generate more revenue.

    Gaga also said that the implementation would strengthen NIPOST’s presence nationwide.

    He said that NIPOST had property nationwide and desired to collaborate with the private to turn the property around.

    The official said that NIPOST also planned to partner with the private sector in e-commerce activities to boost performance.

    “We are also looking at financial inclusion; we want to collaborate with the financial sector to provide services for the underserved and rural areas.

    “NIPOST will also like to partner with banks on address verification system, so that we can have the authentic address of citizens,” he said.

    Mr Augustine Odo, Deputy Director, Corporate Planning, Strategy and Risk Management, Nigeria Communications Commission, said that the roadmap would enable both public and private sectors to prosper.

    He said that the ICT roadmap would play vital roles in the collaboration of both private and public sectors which would boost the Nigerian economy.

    Odo said that the roadmap would serve as a communication tool and a high level document that would help to articulate strategic thinking to achieve goals.

    “ICT plays significant roles in all sectors; for instance even in the agriculture sector, technology is needed to boost production.

    “The role of ICT in the educational sector also cannot be overruled; we are in a digital world where students make use of computers and internet to further educate themselves,” he said.

    Odo said that collaboration with the private sector would unveil investment opportunities with the licensing of infrastructure companies.

    He added that such a partnership would enhance diversification in job and wealth creation, and boost national security.

     

  • 2019: Atiku explains how he’ll fix electricity, fight insecurity, create jobs as President

    2019: Atiku explains how he’ll fix electricity, fight insecurity, create jobs as President

    Former Vice President and 2019 elections presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to fixed problems associated with electric power generation in Nigeria.

    The 2019 elections presidential aspirant made the vow and explained how he will go about fixing the persistent scourge when he was questioned on what he will do to fix electricity problem of the country.

    “We shall increase power generation by ensuring full participation of private sector. We shall issue licences to enable the private sector invest in mini-grid capabilities to service local communities or local govts, states, regions or target industrial clusters.

    “Our electricity generation plan shall be diversified to include clean energy (hydro, solar and nuclear) in addition to natural gas. As you may be aware, the transmission infrastructure of the power sector is ageing and in dire need of investment.

    “We shall provide incentives – including tax breaks to the private sector to invest in the development of multiple green field mini-grid transmission systems.

    “In the mean time we shall consider concessioning to private sector segments of the national grid under some form of PPP over a period of time,” Atiku stated.

    Addressing the issue of insecurity in the nation, he “On security, we must understand the root causes of the security challenges in the North. The full economic potentials of the region remains undeveloped resulting in high rates of youth unemployment, high levels of poverty and deprivation and income inequality”.

    “Access to education is more restricted, resulting in more out of school children in the North than anywhere else in Nigeria. Unless these issues are tackled, youth restiveness, sectarian violence and other acts of insurgency and terrorism shall continue to bedevil the region.

    “My first critical policy priority therefore is to support the northern states in rebuilding their economies and opening up economic opportunities for their citizens. This will reduce frustration and alienation and minimize grievances.

    “We shall same time undertake a comprehensive review of our security architecture & enhance its preparedness to meet challenges. As part of the review we shall commence the gradual process of instituting state police & community policing in line with principle of restructuring,” he added.

    On job creation, Atiku said, “as long as growth of the economy is driven by the oil sector, job creation is bound to suffer. To tackle the job and poverty challenges bedeviling the economy, we shall focus on four areas”.

    “First, we shall stimulate the growth of those economic sectors which are considered the domain of the poor – i.e Agriculture and Micro & Small Enterprises.

    “For the MSE sector, we shall set up a Venture Capital Fund to enhance their access to finance and hence their ability to grow and employ more hands.

    “Second, we shall set up a National Innovation Fund to support budding entrepreneurs, especially young men and women with brilliant ideas.

    “Thirdly, we shall promote a Special Apprenticeship Programme that will support training of up to 1,000,000 youth (including the NYSC) each year in diverse fields, by local master crafts persons. While they undergo the training, we shall match them with potential employers.

    “Fourth area of focus is the aggressive promotion of Nigeria as Africa’s leading business process outsourcing destination with potential to create two million direct and indirect jobs,” he stated.

    The presidential aspirant explained that his goal is to ensure that Nigeria fully explores the vast opportunities that abound in the global market for IT and IT-enabled services to create quality jobs for our youth.

    “Also, to lift our people out of poverty, we shall improve their access to basic services including education, health, electricity and water – by making these services not only available but affordable.

    “On currency, the only way the Naira will be more valuable is to apply a diversified structure for our economy. This way, our economy will become more productive. We are committed to revamping the non-oil sector through increased private sector investments.

    “We shall diversify our export base by providing export expansion incentives to manufacturers. Increasing our exports means increased foreign exchange earnings and stronger currency,” he said.

     

  • Democracy Day: Delta Govt. creates jobs for additional 1450 youths, women

    Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Tuesday that the state government provided jobs for 1,450 youths and women in the 4th circle of his administration’s job creation programme.

    Okowa who stated this at a thanksgiving service marking the Democracy Day in Asaba, said that his administration placed high premium on job creation to ensure economic growth in the state.

    He said that over 500 persons suffering from cataracts in eight Local Government Areas in the state had had their sight restored through his wife’s pet programme, “05 Initiative.”

    “More persons will still be attended to when the “05 Initiative” extends its programme to the remaining 17 local government areas.

    “On June 5, we shall be commissioning the Sapele Market and the completed dualised Jesse road projects which were initiated by the administration of Chief James Ibori,” he said.

    He said that the reconstruction work in the Asaba Airport runway had been completed and could be ranked among the best in the country.

    The governor said that the airport had been reopened to traffic while other ancillary work would be completed in July.

    Okowa also said the state was ready to host 54 African countries in the 21st Senior African Athletics Competition (SAAC) scheduled for August at the reconstructed Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

    He said further that the ongoing multi-billion naira storm drainage project in Asaba, the state capital, would be completed in 2019, adding that a similar one would commence in Warri and environs.

    Earlier at the exhortation, Rev. Felix Omobude, urged the people of the state, especially the leaders, to live up to their responsibilities.

    Omobude said though the government of the day had recorded some achievements, there was room for more.

    According to him, Delta had contributed greatly to the development of the country and could not afford to go under but remain on the lead.

    The ceremony attracted former governors of the state, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan and their deputies as well as other dignitaries and clegies.

     

  • Google search engine will change job narratives in Nigeria – Presidential aide

    Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Jobs Creation and Youth Employment, says usage of Google, a search engine, will change job narratives in Nigeria.

    Imoukhuede made the assertion on Thursday at the unveiling of Google’s new Job Search Feature in Lagos.

    According to him, the job world is really evolving and government is partnering with the private sector to make the needed change.

    “The economic strategy of Federal Government to tackle unemployment is going to be both private sector/government-driven.

    “There is need to attack the problem of unemployment headlong and partnering with platforms like this will make things easy.

    “Government’s focus is how to turn youths into assets and not liability,’’ the president’s aide said.

    Also, Mr Ayodeji Adewunmi, the Co-founder, Jobberman, said that unemployment rate in the country was a massive social problem that needed urgent attention.

    Adewunmi said tackling unemployment should not be left to government alone, adding that the private sector also has a role to play.

    “Getting a job is not an entitlement, but a gift and so when one gets a job, it should be held with utmost care.

    “We are having problem with skills set in the country as the school curriculum does not enable one to have skills that will aid in job getting.

    “Government does not have the responsibility to create jobs, but the private sector. What government does is to create an enabling environment,’’ he said.

    Adewunmi urged government to create policies to aid job creation and also increase its political will to push the policies.

    In his remarks, Mr Tayo Olosunde, the Executive Director, Mind the Gap, said the problem that existed as regards jobs creation was that of linkages and not unemployment.

    Olosunde said the linkages had to do with youths knowing what to do in life, adding that this could be achieved through building on one’s skill within the immediate environment.

    “Technological skills is not all that one needs to get a job, but skills that are relevant to the existing jobs,’’ he said.

    Olosunde added that the Google job features would streamline job offers to making things easy for seekers on their platform.

    Also, Mr Ogugua Belonwu, the Founder, MyJobMag, urged government to create a platform that would enable youths to access resources.

    Belonwu called for more training for human resources departments on employment processes, saying that it would aid them to match candidates with jobs.
    He urged Google to put a quality control check in the job features to checkmate offers that came into the features.

    The Google Country Director, Ms Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, unveiled a new job search feature in its search engine in Lagos on Thursday.

    “For the first time, when someone uses his phone or computer to search on Google for a job, he will see a streamlined experience letting them explore, research and find relevant local job postings.

    “As of today, job seekers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria will be able to use the new job search experience to help them to quickly and easily find opportunities suited to them.

    Giving further details about the tool, Ehimuan-Chiazor said: “Users will be able to view at-a-glance details about the posting, such as job title, location, whether it is full-time, part-time or an internship.’’

    She said that they would also be able to get detailed information should a job be of interest.

    “Using Google Maps integration, job seekers can search for jobs any place they can find on the map.

    “If they are signed in, they can even see how long it will take to commute to the job from home,’’ she said.

    The country director said that being an open ecosystem, Google was inviting all job sites, platforms and employers, big and small to integrate with them and make their jobs eligible to display in the new jobs search experience.

     

  • Google unveils new search engine experience for job seekers

    Search engine giant, Google, on Thursday unveiled a new job search experience designed to help job seekers find employment opportunities.

    Unveiling the feature in Lagos, Google’s Country Director, Ms Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said the new job search would help millions of Nigerians in searching for new opportunities.

    “We believe that the web allows anyone, anywhere, of any age, to grow their business, learn the skills they need to get a job, to grow in their career, become an entrepreneur or developer.

    “This new jobs search tool will be a key driver for connecting job seekers to open opportunities, helping more people to Grow with Google

    “For the first time, when someone uses their phone or computer to search on Google for a job; they will see a streamlined experience letting them explore, research and find relevant local job postings.

    “This launch builds on Google’s existing commitment in Sub Saharan Africa to improve economic opportunities for job seekers and employers, demonstrated through its Grow with Google initiatives.

    “The Digital Skills for Africa programme, Google’s commitment to train one million African youth between April 2016 and March 2017, was achieved and surpassed.

    “In July 2017 this programme was extended to see 10 million youth trained by 2022 as well as 100 000 developers trained across the region, these are in bid to get the youth employed,’’ she said.

    Ehimuan-Chiazor said that “as of today, job seekers in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria would be able to use the new job search experience to help them quickly and easily find opportunities suited to them.’’

    She said that it would be through an immersive experience that would let them explore jobs from across the web and refine their search to meet their specific needs.

    “Users will be able to view at-a-glance details about the posting, such as job title, location, whether it’s full-time, part-time or an internship, as well as detailed information should a job be of interest.

    “Using Google Maps integration, job seekers can search for jobs any place they can find on the map, and if they are signed in, they can even see how long it will take to commute to the job from home.

    “Searching for a new job can take time, so if you step away from your job search, Google has made it easy to pick up where you left off as well as stay in the loop on opportunities that are right for you.

    “Simply push the “get alerts” button to get email notifications when new jobs matching your search appear,’’ Ehimuan-Chiazor said.

    The country director said that this being an open ecosystem, Google invited all job sites, platforms and employers, big and small to integrate with them and make their jobs eligible to display in the new jobs search experience.

    “With Google’s newly released open documentation, any job provider is able to integrate its content through open structured schema.org web mark-up standards Google supports.

    “To optimise the feature and make it more useful, Google is working with a broad and growing cross-section of partners, such as Jobberman, NGCareers, MyJobMag and other job resource websites in Nigeria.

    “These collaborations ensure Google is able to present job postings content accurately, as soon as it is posted, to exactly the people that will find it most relevant.

    “The launch of this new jobs search experience is part of our broader commitment to improve economic opportunities for job seekers and employers through Google technologies in partnership with the broader employment industry.

    “Google is committed to providing useful, accurate and relevant information based on your search queries and helping you connect to your next job.

    “In this way we hope to make a contribution towards matching job seekers with jobs and taking steps to tackle the skills gap,” Ehimuan-Chiazor said.

    She said that in addition to its digital skills initiative and the new jobs search experience, Google also supports tech start-ups at various stages of their lifecycle through the Launchpad programme.

    She said that Google announced last year that Launchpad Accelerator Africa would provide over $3 million in equity-free funding, mentorship, working space and access to expert advisers to over 60 African start-ups over three years.

    She added that intensive three-month programmes, held twice per year, would run out of a new Google Launchpad Space in Lagos, the programme’s first location outside of the United States.

    She urged web developers who would want to index their job listings with Google to find a walk-through by visiting support.google.com.

     

  • Facebook expands jobs service to over 40 countries

    Facebook has announced that its year-old job-hunting service is expanding to dozens more countries, aiming to connect members with local work.

    Facebook vice president Alex Himel announced the move on Wednesday, describing it as a “new stage of the diversification of the social network”.

    Since adding a local jobs posting feature early last year in Canada and the US, Facebook has enhanced it to handle tasks such as managing applications, scheduling interviews, and getting alerts when desired types of positions are listed.

    “We do feel really good about how that’s worked out in the US, with room for improvement of course,” Himel said.

    Jobs can be listed, or applied for, at a “dashboard” devoted to the purpose in Facebook applications.

    Use of the basic service is free, but businesses can pay to “boost” posts and more strongly target candidates, according to the Silicon Valley-based social network.

    Job posts appear in several locations at the social network, including business pages, Marketplace, and in News Feed.

    With more than two billion users around the world, Facebook promises strong potential for connecting people seeking work with jobs in need of filling, especially medium- or low-skill jobs in local enterprises.

    “A lot of these businesses who aren’t able to fill their positions elsewhere, they’re seeing success on Facebook,” Himel said.

    However, the service is yet to expand to the shores of Nigeria.

     

  • No employment opportunities in China for Nigerians – Envoy

    Mr Wale Oloko, the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, on Monday admonished young Nigerians aspiring to travel to China for employment purposes to look elsewhere.

    Oloko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that it had been and would continue to be difficult for unskilled Nigerians to secure even menial jobs in China.

    The consul-general, however, said that it was only “exceptionally skilled’’ Nigerians in artificial intelligence, Information Technology and other areas that could be considered for employment in China.

    “Nigerians wanting to travel to travel to China for employment must appreciate the fact that China currently has a population of about 1.4 billion people.

    “And the Chinese government has to first be able to provide employment for the Chinese.

    “And besides that, there is the language barrier for Nigerians wanting to get employment in China to contend with.

    “Let me, therefore, say that there are not many employment opportunities for Nigerians or other foreigners who want to travel to any part of China to do menial jobs,’’ he said.

    The consul-general said that it was only those Nigerians who were ‘’exceptionally good’’ in some areas yet to be explored by the Chinese that were likely to be offered employment in China.

    Oloko, who was visiting Nigeria so as to strengthen China and Nigeria relations, said that China was currently favourable to Nigerians who would be visiting for studies, tourism and business purposes.

    He said that the over 70, 000 Nigerians that travelled to the Guangdong Province in 2016, had visited the Chinese province for business, tourism, education and healthcare issues.

    The bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China have expanded on growing bilateral trade and strategic cooperation.

    China is considered one of Nigeria’s closest allies and partners.

    China is also one of Nigeria’s important trading and export partners, with trade relations hitting the 2.7 billion dollar mark in 2017.