By Miracle Ogunde
Muhammadu Dingyadi, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has stressed that the provision of employment for Nigerian teeming youth was not the responsibility of the labour ministry.
The minister stated this on Thursday at the annual conference of the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja.
According to him, their main task was to create an enabling environment and never to secure jobs for anybody.
He stated that Nigerians expecting his ministry to provide jobs would be disappointed because that is not part of its mandate.
While highlighting that his ministry is mindful of Nigeria’s enormous youth population and the need to ensure gainful engagement, Dingyadi stressed
He said, “You will agree with me that the mandate of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment is never to give employment to people.
“However, it is at the heart of the Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly as it relates to job creation, sustained and inclusive investment, as well as the promotion of enhanced productivity for improved service delivery.
“As you are aware, the ministry is not there to provide employment, because the former minister of youths and sports (Sunday Dare), before he left, was asking me to give him jobs. I said we only create the environment for jobs. We don’t give jobs.
“Mr President is poised and committed to providing the requisite leadership and driving initiatives geared towards Nigeria’s economic recovery and transformation.
“This is evident in the recent successful negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers, and the deliberate efforts towards sustainable strategic investments in human capital, infrastructure, innovation and institutional reforms.”
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