Unemployment: FG Ask South Korea For Help

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige made the appeal while receiving the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Nigeria, Mr Kim Young-Chae in his office.

The Minister also asked for support in agriculture so as to help farmers in the country.

He went on to explain that the economy of Nigeria, which is based solely on oil, has been fairing poorly due to insecurity problems and price fluctuations.

Ngige asked that Korea render their assistance so the country could develop other sectors like power.

He said: “I want you to assist us to create jobs because of the unemployment pressure on us here in this country, especially among the youths and women. We want you to assist us in giving agriculture a boost in order to help our farmers. Agriculture is our low hanging fruit. This will assist our country in developing a foreign exchange base so that we don’t have to spend our limited resources on importing food.

“We request assistance to enable us to create jobs. Apart from the skill acquisition centre, you established in Kogi State, which is in the North Central geo-political zone we are thinking that you should establish at least one in the other geo-political zones, namely, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West and South-South.

“Of late, our economy has not been too good. Our economy is based on oil, which is getting old fashioned. Our production is down due to insecurity problems and price fluctuations. We need your assistance in terms of developing other areas like power.”