We’ll fight unemployment – Ngige

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The newly appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, has said the ministry under his leadership would ensure that the menace of employment in Nigeria was effectively tackled.

Ngige urged the members of staff of the ministry to think creatively to generate employment opportunities in the country.

The Assistant Director in charge of Media at the Ministry of Labour, Mr. Samuel Olowookere, said the Minister made the comment while addressing workers of the ministry on his assumption of office in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said, “We will be at the fore-front of the battle to stop the scourge of unemployment in the country.

“We must, as a people, put on our thinking caps so that we can chart the way forward for employment generation.”

Ngige said while it would not be possible for the Federal Government to provide everybody with employment opportunities, it could provide the enabling environment for all the sectors to thrive.

The minister said efforts would be made to block leakages so that the resources would be committed into development.

“We are the catalyst, the change agent of the change era; if we block leakages in our system, the country will be better for it’s resources will be made available for economic growth,” he added.

Source: Punch