By Segun Folarin
Notable employers of labour and wealth creation experts have converged on Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital to fashion out ways of addressing the challenge of unemployment among Nigerians.
The conference, put together by the Ogun State Government in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation was also aimed at exploring public and private sectors collaboration to boost employment generation.
The theme of the two – day event, tagged the maiden edition of Ogun State Employment Conference, is “Addressing Employment and Job Creation in Ogun state: Tapping into Local and Global Opportunities”.
Addressing the participants, the Director, Employment and Wages, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr John Nyamali emphasized the need to strengthen the relevant employment policies in the bid to check the trend of mass unemployment.
In a presentation entitled” understanding the role of policy frameworks in stimulating growth and Job creation: pathways to sustainable employment and decent jobs” Dr Nyamali described the recent review of the National Employment policy as a veritable way to balance the country’s economic growth and address low capacity within the economy.
Dr Nyamali maintained that the high level of unemployment and chronic poverty were caused by flaws and contradictions in running a macro economic policy regime in a predominantly informal economic structure.
Declaring the conference open, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State who was represented by his Deputy, Mrs Noimot Salako Oyedele said actionable steps and strategies must be taken to reduce unemployment to the barest minimum, both on the short and long-term basis.
Governor Abiodun reiterated his administration’s commitment to the implementation of policies and programmes that would lift thousands of the State indigenes out of poverty, before the end of his tenure in office.
In a remark, the team leader, Skills Development for Youth Employment, Detlef Barth explained that the conference was designed to propose policy recommendations that would foster inclusive and sustainable employment through the promotion of conducive employment framework.
Dr Barth expressed the hope that the conference would foster a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of Employment and job creation in the context of global and current realities in Ogun state.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade And Investment, Dr. Olu-Ola Aikulola had described the situation of unemployment in the country as dreadful, hence the need for governments to devise pragmatic policies and rally the private sector to mobilize investments in the productive sectors for job creation.
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