Minister of Youth and Sports wants unemployment benefit for youths

The age long issue of unemployment  benefits for the youth has once again come to the fore with the  Minister  of Youth  and Sports Development Mr Sunday  Dare advocating  for  setting  up unemployment  benefits  for Youth.

Speaking at the  Ministerial Dialogue  on Socialising  the Nigerian  Social Register organised  by the Ministry  of Humanitarian  Affairs,  Disaster  Management  and  Social Development in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr Dare Said: “Let me thank the  Minister  of Humanitarian  Affairs,  Disaster Management  and  Social Development  for putting this together. This event puts in the public domain  the efforts of President  Muhammadu Buhari  to address  the social register  to adress unemployment.  There is no country  without  the poor or those that suffer human distaster. These  are mostly   women, children, the vulnerable  and Youth. When you look at  greatest  beneficiaries, they are  the Nigerian  people poor and the vulnerable, but the greatest  beneficiaries are the youth”

Mr Dare further said . “This country  needs  employment  benefit for its unemployed  Youth  because  of the huge youth population. We need to collaborate  to give our Youth some comfort. When you look at the demography, Nigeria has a huge population. The data of the youth is there for everyone  to come to terms with.What you have put together  will help us to plan and seek for partners. This will put Nigeria  on the part of progress.Let us see how we can chart a part  way for our youth so that we can put together a compelling  justification to create a Youth data. We can  benchmark this with what obtains in UK, US and other part of the world  that takes care of the aged and the youth  population. We need to match skills acquisition  with jobs that are available  in our society.  Public sectors like  the Ministry  of Labour, Communications, Smart Agriculture,  Digital Economy,  Youth and Sports Development  and other agencies of government are creating  opportunities. The part that we are charting under the leadership  of President  Muhammadu Buhari is one that lays a solid foundation in all strata of our society. As we build these linkages,we can increase  the number of our women and youth that can be lifted out of poverty.”