BY EMMANUEL CHUKWUMA, ENUGU
The Unemployed Youth Association of Nigeria, (UYAN), is set to create over two thousand jobs for teeming youths across the country.
This was made known by the National Director, UYAN, Comrade Ugochukwu Emeana through a statement made available to newsmen.
He submitted that this is in line with it’s mandate to engage youths through skills acquisition and obtain soft loans to set up businesses.
He disclosed that the organization would also create an avenue for the youths to be employable by sharpening their skills and increase their wok value.
Comrade Emeana stressed that the association has put mechanism in place to collaborate with the Federal government to determine the various vaccines in the ministries and place youths in these positions.
According to him, this is to ensure that the youths must work and contribute to national development.
The National Director highlighted that they intend to negotiate, synergize with the public and private sectors to employ the youths so as to reduce unemployment rate in the country.
He charged the youths to make themselves available, as they have put structures in place to create database of unemployed youths across the country.
His words, We have developed an authentic data base of unemployed youths and monitor performances of various employers in the country, with focus on employers and employees relationship.”
Comrade Emeana revealed that OYAN will partner with Nigerians in diaspora to establish job help centers and promote self reliance and enterpreneurship.
Comrade Emeana indicated that they are tracking and identifying employment opportunities available across the Federation and bring same to the notice of the teeming unemployed youths;
“We are liaising with the Nigerian Unemployed Youths and Nigerians in the Diaspora to establish Skills and Job Help Centers / Ventures, while promoting self-reliance and entrepreneurship. ”
According to him, the association has opened channel to build a super structure that would ensure the reduction of unemployment level in Nigeria to the barest minimum.
While indicating that this would be achieved through re-orienting the mindset of the youths towards self- development, self-reliance and practical economic activities that will enhance their Individual and collective Productivity.
Comrade Emeana assured that the association is networking with the unemployed youths in the country, with the intention to create a productive force of young people focused on self-actualization, national integration coupled with sustainable development.
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