Following the heat generated by the call of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi on the Federal Government to sack half of its workforce, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, yesterday [Nov. 29] assured that no worker would lose his job as the government is even desirous of creating more jobs for Nigerians.
Sanusi in a paper he presented at the 2nd Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat in Warri, Delta State, had stressed the need to prune membership of the National Assembly as well as the number of states and local governments in the country, among others.
The Labour Minister who spoke in Ilorin at the 8th National Labour Relations Summit and Fellowship Award held, said rather than sack workers, the government has already set up job creation committee that would commence work next week on how to create more jobs in all sectors of the economy to achieve more success on the transformational agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
According to Wogu:
“No worker will be sacked. Nobody should be afraid, the government is desirous of creating more jobs for Nigerians”
“Though job creation is more of private sector activities, but the federal government has created an enabling environment for private sector to thrive. The government has also made a special effort on agriculture, power, ICT, tourism and recently SURE-P programme of the government in its efforts to provide jobs for Nigerians”.
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