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General News of Sunday, 17 January 2021

Source: thenationonlineng.net

Malami flags-off NDE 774,000 jobs in Kebbi

Abubakar Malami, SAN Abubakar Malami, SAN

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has said the extended Federal Government Special Public Works Programme of 774,000 jobs opportunities to Nigerians was part of deliberate efforts and conscious strategies to address the population of unemployed youths and rising insecurity in the country.

Malami stated this in Birnin-Kebbi at the flag off of the programme, maintaining that the employment opportunities was part of strategies adopted to fast-track the achievement of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (2017-2020).

He said the objective was to facilitate the creation of productive and inclusive societies in the country and shield the most vulnerable from passive hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and joblessness.

The Minister said the programme was implemented in eight states of the federation with the target of immediately engaging 774,000 selected unemployed Nigerians to execute carefully selected projects across the 774 local government areas in the country. He said 21,000 unemployed youth will benefit from the programme in Kebbi State.

“I am convinced that the programme will provide the necessary economic palliatives to these 774,000 unemployed youths. He added that the youth who diligently participate in the projects may deploy the knowledge and skills acquired to become self-employed.

However, the Minister enumerated several Federal Government intervention programmes as part of efforts to radically transform the economic fortunes of the Nigerian masses. In his remarks Governor Atiku Bagudu, represented by the state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Hon. Hassan Muhammad Shallah, expressed his appreciation to the Federal Government for providing 21,000 jobs to Kebbi state.