Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has told Nigerians not to expect his ministry to provide jobs for them as that is not part of the mandate given to him when he was appointed minister.
Dingyadi who made the remarks at the annual conference of the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations in Abuja on Thursday, emphasized that providing jobs for Nigerian youths was not the responsibility of his ministry and as such, Nigerians should not expect the ministry to create jobs for them.
Though he admitted that his ministry is aware of the need for Nigeria’s unemployed youth population to be gainfully employed, the minister stressed that the main task of his ministry is to create an enabling environment and not to secure jobs for anybody.
