NDE programme offers 740 permanent jobs

Mohammed, who spoke at this year’s flag off of the programme in Abuja, urged employers of labour to key into the opportunities it provides by way of acquiring trained graduates and as a means of reducing unemployment.He said that in October 2006, the directorate conceived GAP and invited employers of labour to “provide opportunities of […]

Mohammed, who spoke at this year’s flag off of the programme in Abuja, urged employers of labour to key into the opportunities it provides by way of acquiring trained graduates and as a means of reducing unemployment.
He said that in October 2006, the directorate conceived GAP and invited employers of labour to “provide opportunities of attachment for fresh graduates in their companies as a way of fighting unemployment with its associated high noise level.
“GAP has a life of its own and means a lot to the Nigerian graduates who are victims of unemployment. To them, it symbolizes the feature that characterizes the unemployed graduates’ world – the interval between the world of school and the world of work, empty interval between the world of unemployment and employment and that void that separates frustration and fulfilment.”
According to him, the programme provides an opportunity for beneficiaries to make themselves indispensable to the employer through their contributions to the value chain, while the employer closely watches him or her and evaluates his or her contributions within the period of attachment.
Also speaking, Minister of Works Mike Onolomemen lauded the initiative, describing it as a vehicle through which beneficiaries can acquire necessary work skills.