We are doing everything possible to eradicate unemployment - Amaechi
- The federal government is doing everything possible to reverse the unemployment rate in the country
- This was made known by the minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, when a foreign delegation paid him a visit in Abuja
- According to him, the governemnt has improved the Nigeria railway sector and a lot of youths have benefited from it
Nigeria’s minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the federal government is doing everything possible to reverse the unemployment rate in the country.
The minister made the comment when a delegation from Dudley College of Technology, United Kingdom in partnership with the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI) paid him a courtesy visit at his residence in Abuja.
His words: “The government of Nigeria is doing everything possible to eradicate unemployment, we are creating jobs and engaging the youth at various levels of skills acquisition. We have improved on our railway transportation and you can imagine the number of youth that have been engaged in the project, same thing in other sectors.
“When I was a governor, I insisted on free education, because I believe that is the key."
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Leader of the delegation, Chidi Obilor, Nigeria Team Leader, Dudley College of Technology UK, explained the institution's partnership with ESI, stating how the program will benefit participants.
“We are sent as delegates of the Dudley Collage of Technology, United Kingdom, and her excellency the founder of Empowerment Support Initiative, Dame Judith Amaechi presented a program where she wants to have skills acquisition exchange program with an established and recognized awarding Institution in the United Kingdom.
“Her main purpose is to train the next generation on professional crafts and provide the competent skill to be able to fit in the challenge of 24th century in construction engineering.
“Looking into her proposal she made emphasis and requested that she wants people from her region to be empowered. During the graduation ceremony we will find time to present all the details of her approach, especially her passion for the youth, women and less privileged," Obilor said.
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Meanwhile, former speakers of the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly met Amaechi recently to plot the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Stanley Ugochukwu who is a former two-time speaker of the Abia state House of Assembly, said the “members resolved to serve as a pressure group to ensure that there is good governance in the country.”
He added that: “Nigerians deserve cooperation from all fronts, including non-political organisations to strengthen the country’s democracy.”
Rotimi Amaechi gives a summary of the Buhari administration on Legit.ng TV
Source: Legit.ng
