Government to commence registration of unemployed youths

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April 4, 2017 4:11 PM

The Nigeria’s National Directorate of Employment has announced its plan to commence registration of unemployed youth across the country on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

Government to commence registration of unemployed youths

The information was contained in the statement released on Monday, April 4, 2017 Mr. Edmund Onwuliri, Deputy Director, Information and Public Relation, National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The Directorate had earlier announced the planned registration of unemployed Nigerians in December, 2015 during the handover ceremony of the current Director General of the body.

Mr. Edmund further explained that the planned nationwide registration is in fulfillment of the third mandate of the directorate which required it “to obtain and maintain a databank on employment and vacancies in the country with a view to acting as a clearing house to link job seekers with vacancies in collaboration with other relevant government agencies and private sector.”

He also noted that this development is in line with the Federal government commitment to development and maintaining a robust database of unemployed persons and for job creation.

He said “the registration portal which goes live on April 5, 2017, is designed to capture the relevant details of any unemployed person. It will equally serve as a job exchange portal that will link job seekers and employers. There will be a practical demonstration of the workings of the portal at the NDE stand at the ongoing 28th edition of the Enugu International Trade on Thursday”.

The registration portal is www.jobsforall.ng.

Onwuliri noted that “ the Directorate sees this initiative as a bold step towards deepening the effectiveness of its employment creation strategies and a critical input into the process of designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programmes and schemes.”

This initiative is one of the many job creation and social welfare initiatives of the current government towards addressing the unemployment and poverty in the country.

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