The Federal Government on Tuesday said the African Development Bank should step up its efforts in helping African countries to create jobs for youths across the continent.

Governor of Nigeria to AfDB and Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this in her congratulatory message to Akinwumi Adesina on the occasion of his swearing-in ceremony for a second term as AfDB President.

Ahmed said projects in the areas of infrastructure development, the use of guarantee instruments to de-risk investments and promote trade, as well as private sector development were vital for job creation.

She appreciated the quick action of the bank, with the support of the Board of Directors, in providing emergency COVID-19 assistance to regional member countries towards stabilising their economies as they dealt with the health and economic emergencies of the pandemic.

Ahmed said the bank’s relevance to its regional member countries was directly related to its preparedness and ability to stand with them in challenging times.

“I wish to use this opportunity to urge the bank to also consider intervention in the area of health infrastructure, as this will help both in coping with the present crisis, as well as in preparing for possible future episodes,” the minister said.

She further noted that the recent uplift of the bank’s capital base under the GCI-7 and ADF-15 provided an opportunity to scale up its interventions in member countries.

Ahmed observed that with the various domestic reform efforts in African countries in the areas such as resource mobilisation, public finance management and improving the environment for doing business, Africa was well positioned for a new era of growth.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/step-up-job-creation-efforts-fg-tells-afdb/%3famp=1

The Federal Government has advised unemployed graduates who are seeking government jobs to look elsewhere, saying there are more sustainable lucrative ventures outside their focus.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/dont-rely-on-govt-for-jobs-fg-tells-unemployed-graduates/amp/

After promising millions of jobs but ended up giving Nigeria about 15M unemployed population, the clueless government is shifting the responsibility to AfDB.Tax upon tax, foodstuffs are skyrocketing, inflation everywhere, guess the zombies are taking note

Congratulations to Mr Adesina.

Your vindication from abuse of office goes to show that there's hope that we still have sane minds in this country, despite the overwhelming majority who are utterly stupid, tribalist, nepotistic and religious fanatics.

You will always be one of Nigeria's best exports.

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“I wish to use this opportunity to urge the bank to also consider intervention in the area of health infrastructure, as this will help both in coping with the present crisis, as well as in preparing for possible future episodes,” the minister said.

Seconded.

Seriously?

Isn't it comical and ironic at the same time? When citizens are gainfully employed, the government takes the praise but when there is massive unemplyment, we blame them for relying too much on white collar job and expects the government to provide everything for them even when the government has failed to provide and sustain an environment that drives and rewards creativity and hardwork.

Any time a government official tells you to look elsewhere for job, tell him/her to resign his/her position and look elsewhere for job. More than any other agents in the state, it's the government's responsibility to ensure that citizens are well employed either through providing direct employement or promoting agencies, institutions, privates organisations who do that or ensuring that no creativity or entrepreneural effort of the citizens get wasted and maintaining an equitable society that supprts this.

Has the Nigerian government done any of this? Then they should spend their time thinking, planning and strategizing instead of talking and blaming people for the woes the government could have prevented. If our soiety is equitable and supportive enough, and people refuse to work, then they can say what they're saying now.

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Seconded.

Who kisses a smelling anus & say it's all good........who else could it be...

Was it AFDB that went round Nigeria campaigning that they were going to create jobs or APC?.....Mister, your boss is intellectually empty & has nothing to offer, put in layman's language...... nothing dey ur boss brain....the brain dey empty.....& I sure say na so your own dey empty too...... make you no vex, cos na truth I tell you......!

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Was it ADB that went round Nigeria campaigning that they were going to create jobs or APC?

Rule 2 to be successful in life : If you throw stones at every dogs that bark at you on the way, you will never get to where you are going!!

These kids have nothing reasonable to contribute to a thread, rather they come to derail.
Instead of them to lie down Jejely on the mats in their village, CALL DOWN and read comments by sane members, they rather come here to troll!
Spits!

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Rule 2 to be successful in life : If you throw stones at every dogs that bark at you on the way, you will never get to where you are going!!

These kids have nothing reasonable to contribute to a thread, rather they come to derail.
Instead of them to lie down Jejely on the mats in their village, CALL DOWN and read comments by sane members, they rather come here to troll!
Spits!

Meat seller....na you be kid... Thunder fire you.....no let me start with you this morning... Better warn urself .

this woman with her boss no get one brain.Na Adesina go help una fix Nigeria. Buhari and all his minister are clueless,where unemployed don spread reached in Nigeria,remain to explode like bomb

They will soon go and beg the man for loan

Ok

Buhari should create more jobs

So AFDB will crest jobs now,howmany have your office provide nonsense

Nonsense and ingredients. They have abdicated their responsibility of job creation to AfDB. The ultra-cluelessness of this regime is alarming. Like I know we may have had leaders without directions in the past, but these guys right now, Mr Buhari and his cohorts, mehn, takes the cake for it. Alas, we can only suffer and scream in silence, rant on social media, engage in tribal, instead of class war, but at the end, the vicious circle of inactions continues, and we are perpetually left to suffer for it.

Racoon:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/dont-rely-on-govt-for-jobs-fg-tells-unemployed-graduates/amp/

After promising millions of jobs but ended up giving Nigeria about 15M unemployed population, the clueless government is shifting the responsibility to AfDB.Tax upon tax, foodstuffs are skyrocketing, inflation everywhere, guess the zombies are taking note

sit down in your house and continue blaming government. Lazy youth wake up!

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Racoon:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/dont-rely-on-govt-for-jobs-fg-tells-unemployed-graduates/amp/

After promising millions of jobs but ended up giving Nigeria about 15M unemployed population, the clueless government is shifting the responsibility to AfDB.Tax upon tax, foodstuffs are skyrocketing, inflation everywhere, guess the zombies are taking note

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Bitterpob, has anyone see tonyebarcanista that was campaigning against Adeshina?

So afdb will support u with emergency funds...that one no do u, u still want make them create jobs for your youth.


APC thank u very much ....I pray those that voted for u should suffer more and possibly for 600 years....starting with that fake bbgriller

As a matter of fact, let her tell AFDB that Nigerians and English speaking African should be employed more in AFDB. Francophone countries have monopolised positions within AFDB to the detriment of English speaking African countries.

They usually use knowledge of both French and English language as a precondition to hire staff and consultants. Because of popularity of English, most Anglohphone countries hardly makes effort to learn French while French speaking countries makes great effort to learn English, thus giving them edge of working knowledge of both their native French and english languages.

Most French speakers do have some slight knowledge of English but greater percentage of English speakers hardly learn french.

I have lost two consultancy positions with AFDB because of my not knowing french language. 80% of staff and consultant in the bank are from French speaking countries and Dr. Akinkumi, the current president of the bank tried to rectified some of these things and they came after him for employing Nigerians.

Coming from Ahmed, its indeed laughable
Silly nonsense

No overt ongoing projects, she can mention...

Emphasises the saying that states "empty drums make the most noise"

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I don't understand you Madam Minister.
Is that each tim loan is taken,the man /the bank should also create,gives you more loans for infrastructural development? What was the purpose of the Facilities in the first instance? You talked about the Covid-19 assistance,how much was received and spent and how much is the remnant?

Dr Adesina can help but what has the first correspondant done. Just promisesssssssssss not fulfilled. Nigeria I hail thee!

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Seconded.

Be still!

Zainab should SHUT DA Bleep UP!!!!!!!!