'Govt is not responsible for creating jobs for citizens' - Femi Adesina

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has opined that citizens should not expect the government to create jobs for them, as it is not the government's responsibility.

He made this known on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, on Arise News Television programme ‘The Morning Show’ while speaking on the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari, in the last eight years.

According to Adesina, all that the government needs to do is to create an enabling environment for creating jobs while the private sector creates jobs.

Responding to the question he was asked on President Buhari’s promise to create 3 million jobs annually in 2015, Adesina said, “Did you say 3 million was the promise? I wouldn’t say he put a figure. What I recall was that President Buhari gave the per cent of joblessness in the country. I wouldn’t recall that he gave a specific figure for the number of jobs we are creating. For all you know, that may have come from anywhere.

“Regard as it may, it is the job and the duty of the government to create an enabling environment for jobs in the country. It is not the government itself that creates jobs. All it does is to create an enabling environment.

“Most of the jobs you need in a country would come from the private sector. As long as you have an enabling environment, it is the private sector that will create the jobs.”