President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday boasted that his administration is the first in Nigeria’s history to create 5,400 direct jobs for the nation’s unemployed youths.

He said the feat was achieved through the Federal Government’s Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin).

Jonathan spoke during the presidential launch of Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The programme was designed to encourage youth employment and self-reliance.

Jonathan also said 2,500 entrepreneurs empowered by his administration had also created an average of nine jobs each therefore bringing the total jobs created to 22,000.

The President said, “This will be the first government in the history of Nigeria that will directly create 5,400 jobs through the YouWin programmes.

“I am also proud to say that the 2,500 entrepreneurs have created an
average of nine jobs each making it a total of 22,000 jobs so far.

“Entrepreneurs are the engine room of the Nigeria’s economy as they are responsible for more than 60 percent of our $510bn Gross Domestic Product and the MSMEs are responsible for almost 98 percent of the new jobs created in our economy on an annual basis.

“The new jobs we are targeting will come from the SMEs.”

Jonathan expressed delight that the success story of his administration’s job creation efforts is impressive and beyond expectation.

The failure rate of the programme, he added, is less than 10 percent.

He said his administration at inception identified unemployment among youths as one of the greatest challenges to tackle.

This, he said, was the reason why his government took numerous steps to tackle the challenge.

He said his administration’s target was to create not less than two million jobs annually.

Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, had earlier described the programme as private sector-driven initiative that seeks to empower youth.

The Chief Executive Officer of Anabel Group, Mr. Nicholas Okoye, said the present administration had empowered over seven million youths.

Okoye said the figure had surpassed the total of those empowered by previous administrations put together.

“Those who say you (Jonathan) have not done anything for the youth are simply not saying the truth,” he said
Describing all Nigerian problems are subset of employment crisis among the youth, Okoye commended the Federal Government for tackling the challenge headlong.


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Ah! This man deserves to be trounced. How can someone boast of creating 5,400 jobs when there are over 27 Million jobless graduates who have no job or underemployed? Obama has been creating between 230,000-380,000 jobs per month since 2011 summer and many people still think that is not enough and this man is proudly boasting about creating 5,400 jobs in six years. Nigerians never had it this bad before. This is act of cluelessness, wickedness and stupidity.

You must be voted out at all cost.

Clueless indeed.Result from consumption of too much of ogogoro,this man need to go for liver test.

And you scam over million Nigerians on immigration recruitment. Dang and cluess man

FastShipping:
Ah! This man deserves to be trounced. How can someone boast of creating 5,400 jobs when there are over 27 Million jobless graduates who have no job or underemployed? Obama has been creating between 230,000-380,000 jobs per month since 2011 summer and many people still think that is not enough and this man is proudly boasting about creating 5,400 jobs in six years. Nigerians never had it this bad before. This is act of cluelessness, wickedness and stupidity.

You must be voted out at all cost.

common sense is not common.....read what is written there carefully before spewing trash
He is making reference to the direct jobs made available to the youths through the YouWin program and this doesn't translate to the total number of jobs created by his administration for the general public

If he's so sucessful, why are his campaigns based on smearing Buhari

BTW, The Bank Recapitalization and introduction of GSM still seems to be the most sucessful means of job creation in recent times.

Mr. President is a comedian....don't know which class I go categorize him, Baba sala, Baba suwe, Ajirebi or them osofia, aki, pawpaw abi them basket mouth and the likes

Who be this man self? Hmm there aris God oh and He is watching you. Your days are numbered

adioolayi:
Mr. President is a comedian....don't know which class I go categorize him, Baba sala, Baba suwe, Ajirebi or them osofia, aki, pawpaw abi them basket mouth and the likes

Call him baba jona or baba there is God oh

Oga Jonah weldone clap for yourself......

Pa pa, papapa, God bless you and God bless me.

Kindergarten..............

He created 5K direct jobs and he can even beat chest about that


Can someone just cage this mofo once and for all

How exactly will the 5k or 22K create meaningful trickle effect when the % of unemployed graduates is still in the double digits

Only in Nigeria!

....I think Gov Amaechi employed 13,100 graduates in a swop in his state and I can't remember hearing him talk about it...


Someone from there should furnish us with the details..

....If our President doesn't create enabling environment for job creation; who will? If he created such jobs truly, his reelection campaign would have been made more easier.

Our President is unfortunately so detached from Nigerians despite his modest background....

Hmmm. Folks up, don't go out there and make urselves fools. Read inbetween the lines and understand. Don't go out there and say Jonathan only created 5400 jobs in d entire nation during his administration. A breast sucking baby dat doesn't know anything yet will laff @ u.

And i guessed right. Coming from punch

FastShipping:
Ah! This man deserves to be trounced. How can someone boast of creating 5,400 jobs when there are over 27 Million jobless graduates who have no job or underemployed? Obama has been creating between 230,000-380,000 jobs per month since 2011 summer and many people still think that is not enough and this man is proudly boasting about creating 5,400 jobs in six years. Nigerians never had it this bad before. This is act of cluelessness, wickedness and stupidity.

You must be voted out at all cost.

wich kind tin yu dey yan so?
Our president said he was the first president in the history of nigeria to create 5,400 jobs in nigeria.
is that not an achievement?

our problems we re suffering now is our past leaders who had failed us frm abi nitio..

At bolded, i need a link or prove.
pls stop lying

PedroJP:
Hmmm. Folks up, don't go out there and make urselves fools. Read inbetween the lines and understand. Don't go out there and say Jonathan only created 5400 jobs in d entire nation during his administration. A breast sucking baby dat doesn't know anything yet will laff @ u

So he created 27.4K jobs (directly/indirectly) in 4 or so years. Is that something to write home about?

When you give power to a f.o.ol, you cannot expect anything less. Senior boy of primary school is better than this man that talk without reasoning.
Is it a must to talk when you don't have good message for your people?

PedroJP:
Hmmm. Folks up, don't go out there and make urselves fools. Read inbetween the lines and understand. Don't go out there and say Jonathan only created 5400 jobs in d entire nation during his administration. A breast sucking baby dat doesn't know anything yet will laff @ u.

And i guessed right. Coming from punch

which line wil they read again,o.k d line that said 7 million job in a year,common go and hide ur face.u are even more clueless than d clueless madman with lighter in petrol station.

After normal 4years all he can boost of is mere 5,400 jobs in a country like Nigeria what a shame, what is the ratio of 5,400 to the number of youths that have graduated under his watch & still jobless? With this i can safely say Jona has admitted that he is a failure.

Well, my president is cluelessness in making. This is no news to me! Don't expect anything wiser from him.

haba


is this man okay?

Nawa for this country o,some of those youths above me,there papa send them go school na valentine,birthday party,runz girls,cultism dem go do,dem pass out with 3rd class dem no blame themselves,na jonathan dem dey blame.any small thing na "clueless"Jonathan"drunkard" these man wey una dey curse don acheive wetin nobody for una family don acheive and still yet you dey call am clueless...think well,na you be the clueless.

I don't blame him



Only in Nigeria!



*smh*

Just 5,400 for a population over millions and you're happy and you think that's a great achievement

Ok

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