Govt plans statistics system for easy job application

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

FEDERAL Government has said it will launch a labour statistics system for unemployed Nigerians at home and abroad.

It said the move is part of efforts to tackle unemployment.

Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, spoke with labour correspondents in Abuja.

In a statement by the ministry's Head of Press and Public Relations, Olajide Oshundun, the minister noted that in the United States (U.S.), the Department of Labour issues statistics, for tackling unemployment.

He said: 'But over time, it is not funded. You don't also blame them. Everybody wants to build bridges and airports and go. But they forget that with labour statistics and matching, you can fight unemployment. With that, you know who is where. And people abroad, especially those with specialties who want to come back, can enter that system to know where to apply for jobs.'

Ngige assured Nigerians that the system would come up in one or two months for official launching.

The minister recalled that the ministry established a labour exchange system for merging and cross-matching labour supply and demand.

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He said: 'In our electronic labour exchange system, people looking for work and recruiters can enter the system. We do cross-matching and people are employed. This is facilitation of employment.'

Ngige also said the ministry had been involved in some international projects with foreign partners.

The minister said for the first time, America was putting up a grant for women and children in Nigeria and Liberia.

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