Festus Keyamo, the minister of state for labor and employment, has urged Nigerians to develop their skills because the time for waiting around for work with the government is over.
According to Newsmen, Keyamo stated this in response to a Twitter user who questioned whether obtaining skills included landing a job.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council’s spokesman responded by stating that the government is unable to create employment for the large population.
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He claimed that developing one’s skills has been highlighted as the key to reducing unemployment globally.
He continued by saying that the government must create an atmosphere that encourages small and medium-sized businesses to succeed and guarantee widespread consumer acquisition.
Keyamo said: “My brother, let me answer you politely: the way forward on tackling unemployment all over the world has been identified to be skill acquisition, so that majority of our citizens can acquire the requisite skills to be self-employed.
“The days of waiting for Government agencies to send you employment letters for you to consider yourself properly ‘employed’ are over. There is no way government can provide employment for all our teeming population.
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“But government must provide the enabling environment for the macro, small and medium-scale businesses (especially) – and of course the big ones too- to thrive and to ensure massive acquisition of skills by the citizens.
“And on the lighter side, I have NEVER smoked all my life (not even a dead cigarette to my lips) and I don’t ever take alcohol)”
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