We have employed 50,000 youths in 43 months —Amosun Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has disclosed that his administration has, in 43 months of its emergence, employed no fewer than 50,000 youths in the state through direct and indirect employment. Amosun, speaking during a live radio programme tagged: “Meet the Governor,” on Paramount FM, Abeokuta, said the feat was made possible by the holistic approach of his administration to unemployment, including creating an enabling environment for business and industries to thrive. Responding to questions on the spate of unemployment in the state, the governor expressed with concern that though close to one million youths were unemployed in the state, the trend was gradually reducing on a daily basis as about 46 industries with at least $100 million investment had sprang up under his administration. He added that some of them engaged about 4,500 staff in a day through job-shifts. The governor explained the rationale behind his administration’s interest in infrastructure development, arguing that he believed that it was a probable catalyst for other sectors to achieve any meaningful socio-economic development. Revealing that the state had invested thrice of what it had spent on infrastructure development on education, Amosun said, “For me, those who are condemning what we are doing in the area of infrastructure are mischievous and myopic because even though we know that infrastructure is a catalyst for any meaningful socio-economic development in the state, our investment in education is thrice of what we have spent on infrastructure development.’’ “Whether you want to have schools, industries and agricultural farms, they must be accessible”, he stated. Last modified on Monday, 05 January 2015 22:55 Credit: Nigerian Tribune
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 03:53:54 +0000
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