THE MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE HAS BEGUN Create Jobs Roughly one in four Nigerians, and half of young job seekers are unable to find work. The number of people whose jobs do not cover the cost of food and housing is even greater. In addition, major industries that pay higher wages account for just over five percent of the economy.The lack of jobs is the most critical challenge facing Nigeria today, hurting every community and preventing us from being the truly vibrant and prosperous nation we deserve. Building a diverse economy that allows every Nigerian to earn a living and better care for his or her family is our number one priority. APC’s Roadmap for Jobs Includes: ◾ Create 20,000 jobs per state immediately for those with a minimum qualification of secondary school leaving certificate and who participate in technology and vocational training. ◾ Encourage State Governments to focus on employment creation by matching every one job created by the State Government through funding with two jobs created by the Federal Government in the same state. ◾ Direct conditional monthly cash transfers of NGN5,000 to the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon demonstration of children’s enrolment in school and immunization, to help promote job empowerment ◾ Establish Technology/Industrial Estates fully equipped with ICT, power and other support across the country to attract and encourage small-scale technology businesses and other entrepreneurs. ◾ Provide allowances to discharged but unemployed Youth Corps members for 12 months while they seek jobs or acquire training and skills for job placement or entrepreneurship. ◾ Establish plants for the assembly and ultimately the manufacture of phones, tablets, computers and other devices. ◾ Pay a guaranteed indexed-linked price to farmers to ensure that there is always a ready market for their produce, which will create more jobs, agricultural related employment and sustain existing jobs. ◾ Provide One Meal A Day for all primary school students that will create jobs in agriculture, including poultry, catering and delivery services. ◾ Create a scheme that provides matching funds for businesses that have already been validated and secured funding elsewhere, including by borrowing, if such business will create a minimum number of skilled jobs. Like as it is said, we need implementation and not only promises. It is a good blue print anyway if it will not be hijacked by unscrupulous and desperate politicians
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:44:53 +0000
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