Job creation: We have failed Nigerians – FG – To create 4 million jobs next year – Tribune
December 16, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, admitted that it had failed Nigerians in the area of job creation, saying youth unemployment remained the biggest challenge facing the country today.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, who stated this in Abuja, during the launch and public presentation of the Final Report of the National Youth Employment Template, said the country, over the last 10 years, had been witnessing “growth without development,” a factor, he said was responsible for the acute job crisis Nigeria was facing today.
This is even as the Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, revealed that over 60 per cent of Nigerians were unemployed, or under-employed, with the Nigerian youth the worse hit.
