FG moves to create 3m jobs for Nigerians in oil and gas sector

By Joy Baba-Yesufu

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite has assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to fulfilling its promise of making life better by creating over 3 million jobs for its citizens.
She said the country was not as bad as people were seeing it out there, despite the challenges that the country was facing because of certain metrics that were seen, for example, high exchange rate.
Dr. Anite made this known while playing host to delegates of the Oil and Gas Industry and some investors in the Oil and Gas industry in her office in Abuja.
The minister further said People and investors are still bringing in and committing money to investment, meaning they have confidence in the economy.
According to the minister “Like I always say, if you want to know if a country is doing well, follow the money. I want to reassure Nigerians to see and hear and the best and be rest assured that things are going to get better. The assurance is very important and very critical.”
Speaking further, she said among the three investors that she met with same day, almost ten billion naira has been raised for the country, and they already have their investments within.
Three million jobs have also been created today and two million was handed over recently when she met with Registrar General of CAC and MD of Moniepoint company that visited her office, making it five million jobs within a short period of time.
Anite maintained that in order for citizens to access the job opportunities, a job center will be created to put out opportunities that are available for Nigerians to see and contact those that are providing the jobs in a matching process.
“When you see where the jobs are available, you can apply and send your CVs to get access to the employment.”