Osinbajo says FG will provide 3 million jobs in the next 3 yearsIn a Facebook message posted on his wall this evening,

VP Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government will provide 3 million jobs in the next three years starting from this year. He said the jobs will be provided in the Technology, Wholesale & Retail, Construction and Agro-allied sectors of the Nigerian economy.

He also stated that this year alone, over 700,000 private sector jobs will be created, majority of which will be in the Agro-allied sector.

Read what he wrote after the cut..President Muhammadu Buhari and I are accountable to the Nigerian people.Thecentral focus of President Buhari’s administrationis the creation of jobs.

Every proposed policy begins with “how many jobs can this policycreate?”Today,I received the Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan on jobcreation and youth employment in Nigeria jointly packaged by the Jobcreation Unit of the Presidency, and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group,NESG.
Three million jobs would be created in the countrywithin three yearsstarting in 2016 especially in Technology, Wholesale & Retail,Construction and Agro-allied sectors of the Nigerian economy.
This year alone, over 700,000 private sector jobs will be created, majority of which will be in the Agro-allied sector.

Thisprivate sector-led job creation plan is different from the directgovernment jobs planned by the Buhari presidency which includes the500,000 teaching jobs for unemployed graduates.

We are not unaware that this process of job creation is slow but PresidentMuhammadu Buhari’s administration is addressing the constraints ofregulatory and institutional delays in the business sector.

TheJob Creation Unit was constituted at the behest ofPresident Buhari toinitiate the job creation plan.

The National Economic Summit Group,private sector players, validated the plan and will be working togetherwith the government to implement the job creation plans.

Together, we will get this right.Together, Nigeria will prevail.