My administration’s priority is to create jobs - Buhari
- President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that his administration is committed to creating jobs
- The president promised that in the years ahead, his administration would sustain this priority of job creation
- Buhari disclosed that a large proportion of African raw materials will be used to create jobs in Africa for Africans
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that his administration is committed to creating jobs.
The president made the comment during a visit by representatives of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers (NUGTW) at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, July 23, The Nation reports.
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In a statement released by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari further lamented over the rise of crimes as a result of the closure of textile factories, especially in the North.
He reportedly said: “We promoted policies that will support local industries such as import restrictions. We introduced programmes that provided affordable and accessible capital to both large and cottage industries.
“We also introduced executive orders that encouraged the procurement of Made in Nigeria goods and services.”
The president promised that in the years ahead, his administration would sustain the priority of creating jobs.
He said: “We will not allow Nigeria to return to the days of exporting jobs through the importation of food and clothing items which can be produced locally. We owe this to the over 200 million Nigerians.”
Buhari added that the textile and garment sector has the potential to create millions of jobs.
He said: “Our priority remains to create jobs in Africa for Africans, using a large proportion of African raw materials.”
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that the former minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, said the federal government had created millions of jobs through its various programmes cutting across many sectors.
Speaking at the 6th graduation ceremony of the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), founded by former Rivers state first lady, Dame Judith Amaechi, in Port Harcourt, the former minister said over 7 million jobs had been created in the agricultural sector alone.
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