Ngwu Urges Nigeria Jobs Summit to Set Annual Employment Targets
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Updated · THISDAY Newspapers · Aug 20
Ngwu Urges Nigeria Jobs Summit to Set Annual Employment Targets
1 articles · Updated · THISDAY Newspapers · Aug 20
Summary
Osita Ngwu called for a national jobs summit to produce a practical National Jobs Action Plan with clear responsibilities, timelines and measurable employment targets.
Nigeria’s reforms under President Bola Tinubu — including fuel-subsidy removal, foreign-exchange changes and fiscal measures — should now be converted into investment, industrial expansion and job creation, he argued.
Ngwu said the bigger problem is not only unemployment but millions stuck in informal, low-income work, making productive and adequately paid jobs the real policy test.
Key priorities for the summit should include MSME finance, agricultural value chains, technical and vocational training, digital skills, manufacturing growth and state-level employment strategies.
He framed employment as both an economic and security imperative, saying broad-based job creation is the bridge between macroeconomic reform and shared prosperity.
Can a proposed Jobs Summit truly transform Nigeria's painful economic reforms into real livelihoods, or is it just another political talk shop?
Are Nigeria's sweeping economic adjustments silently destroying more livelihoods than the government's ambitious new tech and agriculture initiatives can ever replace?
With most citizens trapped in informal work, will the new National Jobs Action Plan finally unlock the capital needed for small businesses?