Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the federal government will create over one million jobs in 2016.
In a statement issued by Laolu Akande, his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity, the Vice President said that over 1 million Nigerians will benefit from the first phase of the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme.
According to the statement, Osinbajo said this during an interactive session with a cross section of Nigerian Community in Burkina Faso.
Osinbajo who was representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of the newly elected President of the country, Roch Marc Christian Kabore reiterated that 500,000 graduate-youths will be employed as teachers.
While an estimated 500,000 non-graduate unemployed people would be trained as artisans.
He explained that the Conditional Cash transfer Scheme is intended to utilise the thrift system to grant loans to market women to enable them improve their businesses and earn decent living.
He added that the homegrown school feeding programme would not only provide adequate nutrition to school children, but would also boost agriculture, create jobs and wealth locally.
On the fight against corruption, he said “We will go after Nigeria’s fund wherever it is found and we will recover it, our country is bound for greatness.”