The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has so far created seven million jobs.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Mr Ngige said the administration had substantially fulfilled its promise to provide jobs.
“We promised jobs when we came on board, but what has happened is that people tried to quantify jobs in terms of white-collar jobs for graduates from universities, polytechnic but they don’t want to look at the ‘blue-collar’ jobs.
“Agriculture and its chains alone have created more than five to seven million jobs. Talk in terms of rice; from rice tilling, harvesting, sending to the paddies, mills, and even where people are making the jut bags, transportations, people are getting jobs. So, that value chain alone from agric is enormous.
“Take the N-Power, we have created millions of jobs from here. Skill acquisition from the NDE and other agencies of government, jobs are being created.
“We give them tools as plumbers, electricians, cosmetologists, shoemakers, tilers and several other areas. We have created several jobs.
“We had to look at where we are and also look at where we are in terms of job creation, labour administration and the issue of national minimum wage, which labour has been asking the government to set in motion,” he said.
Daily Nigerian -
November 3, 2017
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