Lagos holds job fair to tackle japa

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Lagos holds job fair to tackle japa

As part of the measures to tackle japa, which is the exodus of Nigerians abroad in search of greener pastures, the Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, organised a job fair, targeting the recruitment of at least 10,000 youths with skills in various professions for job placements.

The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, at the one-day job fair held in Alausa, explained that “The job fair is to get the youths, the underprivileged, the ones that are tired and encourage them to make sure we give them quality, standard education. We will recruit them through training.

“We will not turn them to the streets; we are taking them out of the streets and bringing out the best in them. So, we are working with one or two organisations, like KPMG, Delloite and the rest.”

The commissioner disclosed that “We are targeting to recruit about 2,000 youths in six months, the ones that are through with their National Youth Service Corps. And periodically we will be doing more and more. Overall, our target is to get 10,000 youths from Lagos State employed.”

“We are against the Japa syndrome, that’s why we are putting everything together to make sure we get them out of the streets so that we can encourage them. It is not about travelling out. That’s why we are putting all these programmes together and making the state more encouraging for them to stay and contribute their own personal quota to the development of the state in particular, and Nigeria in general.”