The Minister for Labour, Adetokumbo Kayode, reckons that the global recession will force Nigerians in Diaspora out of a job and send them running back to Nigeria.
The Minister, speaking with members of the Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria (LACAN), in Abuja, believes that a lot of Nigerians will be rushing home from abroad after losing their jobs, and declared that the Federal Government had envisaged this, and is already preparing to receive them back home.
According to the Minister, a buffer was already being put in place to reduce the shock and difficulties their influx would have, and as a result the government has made the issue of job creation as a matter of priority.
"We want to take the issue of job creation as a matter of priority and development in Nigeria. There will be a national summit coming soon with a work plan. It is not just going to be a talk-show and just one of the programmes, especially now that the economic crunch is here." said the Minister.
"We know that a lot of Nigerians are going to be coming home from abroad because the foreign jobs they used to do are no longer there. With the new policy abroad, foreigners shall be forced to leave for the citizens to take over and when there is no job there, you are finished when you cannot pay your bills, your mortgages."
Well it is about time that the government took the issue of job creation seriously, but then again isn't it what it was supposed to be doing in the first place?
One wonders what the millions of already unemployed Nigerians feel about the government scrambling to create an economic buffer for the few thousands of Nigerians that are most likely to relocate back home.
Considering that the Nigerian economy is not exactly immune to the global slowdown, and companies in Nigeria, are also laying off people, it will be interesting to hear exactly what the government plans are.
Monday 9 February 2009
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"One wonders what the millions of already unemployed Nigerians feel about the government scrambling to create an economic buffer for the few thousands of Nigerians that are most likely to relocate back home."
ReplyDeleteIndeed. We shall see.
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I think tn e Nigerian Government polices is very good for their public of the country.Nigerian peoples also very hard worker.According to Nigerian Ministers he says,We want to take the issue of job creation as a matter of priority and development in Nigeria. There will be a national summit coming soon.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view it is also the duty and the responsibility of the any government of the country that he gives employment to the peoples of his country
While a government official like Kayode Adetokunbo wants to provide for Nigerians in diaspora, some of the few jobs available in Nigeria are being reserved for foreigners. A good example is in The Nation (August 10, 2009) on page A6: Out of six jobs advertised, the top 4 are explicitly reserved for expatriates (euphemism for white people: If you think I am wrong, let an expatriate from Ghana, Camerron or Somalia try his luck). After wasting our oil money fighting for equal rights in Southern Africa, our inept governments are sitting idly by while Nigerian companies are practicing apatheid against Nigerians right here at home! Shame!
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