FG has created 8million blue collar jobs – Ngige

Minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led centralized has created over eight million jobs in less than 3 years.

Ngige said the jobs were largely blue collar jobs, which he said was the main hub in employment generation today.

He said farming, carpentry, bricklaying, coating and lots of others constitute the blue collar jobs that the federal government was currently using to redeem youths from joblessness occasioned by lack of white collar jobs.

The minister, who spoke to journalists friday at Ifitedunu, Anambra State after the ground breaking ceremony of a specialist skill acquisition centre, said as a result of the massive employment potential in the blue collar jobs, the federal government set to make centres where it'd offer youths of all academic qualification totally different levels of coaching that will help them secure jobs.

He said, “There are no white collar jobs any further. If you're awaiting one, you may stay up for a long time.

“People are now finding employment in the blue collar jobs, and it's even more profitable. how many of you're aware that the day pay for carpenters and other artisans have increased?

“In abuja they collect as high as N10,000. If they get jobs even if it's five times a month, do you know how abundant that is? how many white collar jobs pay that?”

Ngige said the unavailability of artisans was because most of them had gone to farm, and there was ought to train a brand new generation of tillers, builders, {and people|and other people|and folks} in other crafts.

“In farming alone, this government has generated several jobs. You eat Anambra rice here, others eat Abakaliki rice, in abuja I eat Kano rice and even imo too has come up with their. all these brings employment,” he said.

Speaking on the Ifitedunu specialist skill acquisition centre, the minister said the centre was budgeted for in 2017 budget, and was again captured in the 2018 budget.

“What that means is that the funds for the project is already available. there's not worry of the project being abandoned.

“Federal government can construct this ability acquisition centre with most dispatch,” he said.