Nigeria's Graduate Internship Programme Benefits 22,000

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The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said on Wednesday that 22,000 Nigerian graduates benefited from the Federal Government’s Graduate Internship Programme.

She said the programme was meant to increase the employability of the graduates by enhancing their skills.

“The scheme targets up to 50,000 unemployed graduates in the 36 states of the federation and FCT.

“No fewer than 22,000 graduates have so far been placed on the programme,’’ she said.

According to her, the current administration has tried to ensure that jobs were created to unemployed youths nationwide.

She said that the Goodluck Jonathan administration was making in job creation by providing an average of about 1.4 million jobs per year by driving quality growth in key sectors of the economy.

She said the sectors included agriculture, financial services, and the creative Industries such as the Nollywood.

She urged the citizenry to support all the efforts of the Federal Government, adding that it was working in the interest of the common man.

She said the Community Services Scheme under SURE-P was developed to empower young unskilled Nigerians, women and people with disabilities.

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