Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that the Federal Government is making concerted efforts to reduce Nigeria’s rising unemployment rate.
He made this statement during the launch of the Nasarawa State Human Capital Development Strategy Document and Gender Transformative Human Capital Development Policy Framework in Lafia on Saturday.
Shettima emphasized that the current administration is dedicated to equipping Nigerians with skills that are globally competitive, enabling them to succeed in any part of the world. He reiterated the government’s commitment to addressing the unemployment challenge by creating opportunities and fostering development across various sectors.
“The unemployment rates, the growing informal sector, and low labour force participation must be reversed. This is the dystopia our Human Capital Development Programme is designed to avert, under the mandate of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
“For so long, at the National Economic Council, we have debated the ideal nation we wish to build and the pathways to achieve it.
“Enough of the distressing data on our education system—whether it is the mean years of schooling, the high pupil-to-teacher ratios, or the staggering number of youths not in employment, education, or training.”
According to him, the unveiling of a blueprint for Nasarawa’s human capital challenges reaffirms the administration’s commitment to tackle the unique realities of each state.
“Nasarawa state’s commitment to the Human Capital Development (HCD) Programme, a lifeline for our nation, is built on the collective realisation that enough is enough,” he said.
“Enough of the cycles that have held us back. Enough of the legacies of unplanned high fertility rates and alarming maternal and under-five mortality rates. Enough of our vulnerable populations facing low life expectancy,” Shettima stated.
