Job creation not part of my mandate, says Labour minister.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, said on Thursday that Nigerians expecting his ministry to provide jobs would be disappointed because that is not part of its mandate.
He said this at the annual conference of the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja.
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While highlighting that his ministry was aware of the huge youth population in Nigeria and the need to ensure their gainful engagement, Dingyadi emphasized that the provision of employment for the youth was not their responsibility.
Labour Minister stated that their primary responsibility was to create an enabling environment and not to secure jobs for anyone.
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment’s mission is never to provide jobs to people, as you will agree with me,” he said.
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But it is central to the Renewed Hope Agenda, especially when it comes to creating jobs, investing consistently and inclusively, and encouraging higher productivity for better service delivery.
As you know, the ministry does not exist to offer jobs because Sunday Dare, the former youth and sports minister, asked me to give him jobs prior to his departure. I said we only create the environment for jobs. We don’t give jobs.
“Mr President is so poised and committed to giving the necessary leadership and to drive such initiatives towards economic recovery and transformation for Nigeria.
This is evident in the recent successful negotiation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers, and the deliberate efforts towards sustainable strategic investments in human capital, infrastructure, innovation and institutional reforms.”
Earlier in his speech, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare urged Nigerians not to give up on Tinubu over the current hardship rocking the nation.
He said although every economic reform came with excruciating pains, they should take solace in the fact that some of the President’s initiatives were beginning to yield results.
He said, “My job and that of the presidential media team is to try and win Nigerians over to understand why this is taking place.
Beyond that, we are into the process of reforms covering several sectors, driven largely by the eight-point agenda of President Bola Tinubu. He is a President who has chosen the road less travelled.
“Very often, it is the path that has challenges, very difficult but most certainly leads to the desired destination. The reforms in the fiscal and monetary, oil, manufacturing, power and almost 10 other sectors are ongoing. We are beginning to see the benefits of these reforms.
“We also have a President who believes failure to take one stitch now will mean we are going to take nine stitches down the road. But I believe one stitch now is better.
He is also a President who is mindful of the difficulties the people are going through and is working arduously to provide solutions.”
In his address, the NIPR President, Dr Ike Neliaku, urged Nigeria to work on its public relations and image in the international community.
According to him, a country without a good reputation could not attract serious investors to boost its economy.
“Public Relations builds and promotes reputation. And we are saying that we must take the reputation of our nation seriously.
“It is only when your reputation is high that you can get investors to come in and invest in the economy.
He stated that “no one will invest in an economy that lacks respect for the proper way to do things.”
