President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it is committed to creating an enabling environment for creating 21 million full-time jobs and lifting 35 million people out of poverty by 2025.

Labour minister Chris Ngige announced this during an ‘Inter-Ministerial Training Workshop on Boosting Job Creation’ on Friday in Abuja, according to a statement by the ministry.

The minister said the country’s high unemployment rate could no longer be ignored.

“The ministry, in collaboration with its social partners and relevant stakeholders, had taken immediate and more proactive approaches to creating jobs, empowering the youths, and increasing productivity,” stated Mr Ngige.

The minister hoped the workshop would help navigate the paths for responsive actions that would bring about job creation.

“Such responsive actions that would stimulate sustainable job creation include encouraging entrepreneurship orientation from the primary level to inculcate the culture of self-employment amongst the pupils at the early stage,” he explained. ”Others are providing credit facilities at low-interest rates, which would encourage youths to engage in agricultural entrepreneurship, as well as improving mechanical, agricultural systems.”

The labour minister Ngige also identified other responses as creating more employment opportunities in urban and rural areas by strengthening tourism and providing basic infrastructure, especially power and good road networks.

(NAN)