As the Nigerian government keeps on with the famed N-Power programme, Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the Muhammadu Buhari administration will sustain existing jobs and “create other jobs”.
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke at the formal presentation of the Research Report of Course 29 of the National Defence College (NDC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The report is titled “Creating Jobs and Opportunities for Africa’s Largest Youth Population”.
Recall the FG in June shortlisted 550,000 Batch C applicants for final stage of N-Power recruitment.
N-Power is a scheme set up by President Buhari in June 2016, to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development. It had Batch A and B — both batches were exited in 2020.
Osinbajo, speaking on the current effort of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) which was inaugurated recently, offered hope for job-seeking Nigerians.
“This is another of the very broad plans of creating opportunities and more jobs.
“There are also other several job initiatives; the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is a major plan of job creation, as a matter of fact, the major focus of the plan is job creation – sustaining existing jobs and then being able to create other jobs.
“The Food for Jobs programme which is an agricultural programme is a major initiative that has led to the identification of 5 million farmers, and these farmers are geo-tagged to their farmlands which is the first time that this has been done in the history of the country.
“They now have BVN numbers so that loans can be given to them and farm inputs as well.
“ So, the Food for Jobs Programme is a major agricultural plan.”
