Unemployment: FG to introduce labour statistics system

The Federal Government is set to introduce a labour statistics system where unemployed Nigerians at home and abroad can apply for jobs in Nigeria.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, told a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the move was part of the government’s efforts to tackle the high rate of unemployment in the country.

“With labour statistics and matching, unemployment can be fought.

“Nigerians in the diaspora, particularly specialists who want to return home can look at the labour statistics to know where vacancies exist,’’ Tracknews quoted him as saying.

The minister assured that the labour statistics would be available in two months

He recalled that the ministry earlier established a labour exchange system for merging and cross-matching labour supply and demand in Nigeria.

“In our electronic labour exchange system, applicants and employers can access the system and decide what to do.

“We do what is called cross-matching and people are gainfully employed through it. This is the facilitation of employment,’’ he stressed.

He said the ministry had been involved in some international projects and partnerships, adding that the American government was putting up a grant for women and children in Nigeria and Liberia.

“America is giving the grant to arrest child labour which is a function of poverty