The Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr. Dasuki Arabi, made the intention of the Federal Government  known at the Nigerian News Agency Forum , on Sunday in Abuja.

Arabi, who is also chairman of the Labor Technical Committee on Youth Employment, said the intervention followed an interface with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

We did some research with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group to look at unemployment in the country and we came out with the policy.

The summit came up with the idea of ​​the 750,000 jobs that the government has adopted for young people and the unemployed.”

Arabi said that the establishment of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs was part of the government’s effort to provide aid to the unemployed and oppressed before they finally committed.

“We are working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and SMEDAN to provide a lot of support to the unemployed.

“It is also the reason why the government is introducing entrepreneurship at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

“The idea is that young people participate while they are in school before it is time for employment.

“While you’re working or studying, you’re learning a skill, when you get out, you don’t have to rely on the government for employment.”

He said that a lot of work is being done to support small and medium-sized businesses to make it easier for citizens to access the support and assistance provided to them.

“The registration of companies for certain groups is almost free and has the support of related organizations.

“These are some of the things that we have done and these are some of the things that the government is doing to combat unemployment.

“And the background to all of this is that the government is doing a lot to provide an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive, so that they can provide additional employment space,”

On the generation of data for proper planning, the DG said that the private sector had been authorised, registered and licensed to generate data for a fee.

“We see that with the privatization of the PHCN DISCOS have been created, we have vendors selling units to load meters.

“Many things were done for the private sector to prosper, expand and provide support to the Federal Government for the growth of the economy,” he added.

Arabi said the goal was for the private sector to provide a large number of job openings.