The Lagos State Authorities says it has positioned 4,000 unemployed graduates on N40,000 month-to-month wage for six months.
This was introduced on Wednesday in the course of the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in honor of the Second 12 months within the Workplace of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu by the Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke.
This, in response to Arobieke, was carried out by the Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) of the ministry, which was created to deal with the difficulty of unemployment amongst unemployed graduates in Lagos State.
She claims that this system will present interns the possibility to shine and even perhaps be taught a job with the corporate as a result of they are going to be uncovered to skilled expertise and interpersonal connections in an organized ambiance.
She claimed that this system will introduce interns to potential enterprise niches and provides graduates the possibility to develop employability expertise and publicity to the trendy office.
The GIPP is designed to assist Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and different enterprises select from the state’s database of groomed expertise/interns, to enhance productiveness and enhance their companies. This fashion, the state authorities can promote financial progress with out incurring any prices.
“Over 1,932 organizations expressed curiosity in hiring the interns after their trainings, and 4,736 candidates tried the web Evaluation Take a look at. In complete, 51,514 graduates utilized for internships on-line.
“For the primary spherical of the employability expertise coaching, about 1,000 candidates with scores of at the very least 60% have been invited, and 4,000 interns are anticipated to obtain a month-to-month stipend of N40,000 for a interval of six months.
You’ll concur with me that the state authorities, led by Sanwo-Olu, is doing every thing potential to minimize the scourge of unemployment, Arobieke remarked.
She claimed that all through the time interval underneath examination, the ministry’s Employability Division organized youth-focused packages, such because the “Mindset Re-Orientation Program.”
In line with Arobieke, the initiative aimed to assist younger individuals who have been unemployed modify their mindsets to the fact of the trendy labor market.
Her observations point out that there are extra unemployed younger individuals on the lookout for work, significantly white collar occupations, than there are open positions that should be crammed.
“Subsequently, it’s essential to restructure job seekers’ mindsets in order that they internalize studying technical and vocational expertise with a purpose to be self-employed.
2,163 jobless youngsters took half within the webinar for the 2020 model of this system, which was facilitated by seasoned professionals with a spread of backgrounds and areas of experience, the spokesperson added.
