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Stop the Blame Game and Create Jobs for Youths - Saraki Tells Buhari, FG

Posted by Odinaka on Tue 12th Dec, 2017 - tori.ng

The Senate President has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to stop blaming the past administrations, and create employment for millions of youths in the country.

Bukola Saraki
 
While speaking at a one-day ‘Special Public Hearing on Youth Job Creation and Entrepreneurship’ held at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Monday, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, stated that it will be futile for the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari to blame past administrations for the spate of unemployment in the country.
 
According to PUNCH, the senate president called on the Federal Government to do more in creating jobs for the teeming youths in the country, and also called for closer coordination between the agencies of the Federal Government in charge of youth development and job creation.
 
Saraki stated that this would ensure that government’s policies and programmes on job creation were aligned across the board.
 
He said said, “It is futile to point fingers or cast blame on any one administration and/or government programme. Nigeria’s youths deserve our immediate interest, best thinking and above all, our best efforts to create workable solutions to include their concerns in our national investment framework.”
 
The Senate President noted that it was necessary for the executive, legislature, private sector and civil society organisations to give immediate attention to tackling youth unemployment and developmental crisis facing the country.
 
He also stated that the primary factors contributing to high youth unemployment were high population growth outpacing economic growth and “the fact that the curricula in our schools have not equipped students with appropriate skills for employment; and the lack of vibrant industries to absorb competent graduates.”
 
Representatives of Civil Society Organisations and ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government were in attendance. 


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