LOKOJA—The Federal Government,
yesterday, said the Graduate Internship
Scheme, GIS, initiated by the administration
of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan,
was retained by the present government
because it had been able to reduce graduate
unemployment across the country.



Besides, the government said more than
41,000 graduates had benefited from the
programme, with over 35,000 already exited
and have secured jobs.
GIS Project Director, Ministry of Finance,
Mr. Dennis Chukwu, said this in Lokoja, Kogi
State, at the Career Development and
Entrepreneurship Skills Training for
beneficiaries of the scheme.
Chukwu said many of the graduates had also
secured credit facilities and grants to
expand businesses they established with the
GIS stipends, giving the breakdown of the
beneficiaries to include 68 percent male, 31
percent female, while the vulnerable had one
percent.
Chukwu, who was represented by Mrs
Memunat Usman, said the programme had
been able to give hope to many young
school leavers that would have been
roaming the streets.
Chukwu said: “As a government, we can
boldly say that the purpose of setting up
the Graduate Internship Scheme, GIS, which
is for unemployed graduates to acquire
employable skills is being achieved.
“However, as long as thousands of
graduates still remain unemployed, we will
continue to improve the capacity of the
scheme to absorb more applicants.”
According to him, the career development
and entrepreneurship skills training are
designed to help the beneficiaries answer
the question of ‘what next’ and begin plans
for the future.
He noted that the skills and experience the
beneficiaries acquired through the GIS had
placed them in a better position to
contribute meaningfully to national
development.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/41000-benefitted-jonathans-gis-programme-fg/

You can change the people and fix in daura people because that is your of specialty

they shld gear up d process and stop killing message

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And how much was embezzled during his era?

Northerners oya ti take over

ok

Good

GEJ keep teaching APC good governance even after his exit from office!!

There was a President!!!

Ok

Na so,

So the GIS Is no more a Scam

eya

I thought GEJ did not do anything? Now after almost two years of walking in thick blindness, you're going back to borrow some of his policies. What a dumb presidiot!

But why are we still having so many unemployed graduate, if the programme was good enough. Beside most people who benefited from this programme are related to our politicians or sinior civil servant.

U mean am?

A good news to at least soothe the pains that come with this trying times.

Thank God say una admit this one say he do am

GEJ my hero

It took Jonathan 5 years to nurture programs for the youths to help them escape unemployment and hopelessness, from GIS to YOUWIN, TETFUND to PRESSID scholarship programs... Bringing direct rehabilitation to about 150,000 people, and indirect rehabilitation to about 8 million people.

But it took Buhari just 1 year to crash the economy and render 4.58 million people jobless and wretched.

Truly, it is easier to destroy than to build, especially when you're a stark illiterate.

Its no longer a scam?

donofdons:
chai.. God punish Jesu.....satan be praised...so these people have realized that Gej was an angel

Attention Seeker!!!.

I benefited from the SURE-P scheme. At first, I was only interested in the monthly stipends, but I later got my business idea from the programme

GIS is a scam.. APC no be so?

donofdons:
chai.. God punish Jesu.....satan be praised...so these people have realized that Gej was an angel

Bros, E be like say u smoke somtin this early morning.... abeg try read wetin u type again. u go agree with me.

I benefited from it and now am gainfully employed with very good salary. Thanks to GEJ