The Federal Executive Council has approved a new national policy on employment generation for the country.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, made this public on Monday, shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting.
The meeting was chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The minister stated that under the new policy government will unfold new strategies to address the challenges of unemployment, poverty reduction, as wel as highlight economic opportunities for productive and employment of Nigerians.
“My memo is just one, but it’s a very important memo to the Labour sector in general. This memo has to do with, we have been able to get approval, to implement it, reduce it, then to send it to our stakeholders, IPD, status of policy, that this national policy on employment has been approved.
“Usually, because of this long span of time regarding the reality on the ground, the ministry decided to initiate the review of this national policy on employment so as to show the need to develop new strategies which will address challenges of unemployment and address poverty, create the economic opportunities for productive and employment of Nigerians,” Dingyadi stated.
The minister added that in the next two or three weeks, he would be proud to tell his colleagues in other parts of the world at the International Labour Organization meeting in Geneva that the nation’s employment policy has been reviewed.
