FG targets 1m jobs through growth employment project

The Federal Government says it targets between 600,000 and one million jobs within the next three years through the Growth and Employment Project.
Sani Labaran, the Director-in-charge of GEM in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.

Labaran, who is also the Coordinator of GEM, said the project would create both direct and indirect jobs in five sectors of the economy from 2015 to 2018.

He said the five sectors were identified based on their growth and employment potential.
The coordinator gave the sectors as the entertainment industry, ICT, hospitality and tourism, light manufacturing and agro processing as well as construction/real estate.

According to Labaran, the GEM Project is very important to the Federal Government and the Nigerian economy as it will help to address high unemployment rate.