The minister of state for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi Wednesday revealed that the ministry does not have data on the number of unemployed Nigerians.
“Before we got to where we are there is no data anywhere. There is no data of the unemployed.
“In fact, there is no data of the employed. It’s a bad situation but as we talk with you, we have experts working on the software and the various things which we have discussed with them on how to capture the data of the employed and the unemployed. And for those who are employed there are many who are in wrong places.
“There are many who are in jobs they don’t even enjoy and who want to have a job better than what they are doing right now.
The ministry requires the data to enable it prepare the template for beneficiaries of the proposed N5,000 stipends for unemployedNigerians.
The minister made this revelation while responding to questions from reporters at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, Abuja.
According to him, the ministry recently commissioned a firm to capture the data of the under-employed/ unemployed to enable it prepare the necessary template for the effective take off of the scheme.
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