To tackle youth unemployment, the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment (FMITI) and the UNIDO are partnering to organise entrepreneurship and career fairs to train over 1,000 university and secondary school graduates.
The programme will take place at the Velodrome on June 27 in Abuja and at the Landmark Village in Lagos on July 4.
This is contained in a statement issued by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on Saturday in Abuja and made available to newsmen.
The statement said that young Nigerians who were eager to start their own businesses would have a chance to meet and interact with entrepreneurs and representatives of organisations, institutions and companies during the fairs.
It said that the initiative, the first of its kind in Nigeria was aimed at facilitating job matching between job seekers and recruiters.
The fairs would also showcase successful entrepreneurs and promoting alternative forms of employment, including self employment, it said.
``UNIDO and FMITI are to utilise the partnership to establish public-private knowledge sharing platforms that will allow unemployed youths to access job opportunities in local businesses and institutions across the country,’’ it said.
According to UNIDO, an inter-ministerial committee has been inaugurated in February by the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Samuel Ortom to this effect.
It said that the committee had engaged over 15 federal ministries, departments and agencies from the public sector and more than 30 companies from the private sector.
According to the statement, the aim is to attract over 1,000 university graduates and secondary school graduates between the ages of 18 and 35 years as participants in the career fairs.
``The ministries include the ministries of Education, Labour and Productivity, Women Affairs, Youth Development.
``The agencies are Industrial Training Fund (ITF), National Board for Technical Education, National Committee on Job Creation, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), and National University Commission (NUC).
``Others are Small and Medium Enterprises Development of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Bank of Industry (BOI) National Board of Technical Education (NABTEC), Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA).
``Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, Cooperatives, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) are also included,’’ it said.
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