EMPLOYMENT
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education
Bayelsa offers employment to 12 teachers trained in “special needs” education
Bayelsa Government has offered employment to 12 teachers who graduated in “special needs” education from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. Gov. Douye Diri said this when he received the graduates at the Government House on Tuesday in Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Commissioner for Education, Mr Gentle Emelah, and the Education Development Trust…
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FG approves establishment of ‘Youth House’ to address youth employment
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of ‘Youth House’ in Abuja, an innovative gathering place to address the needs of young individuals from diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Mr Ayodele Olawande, the Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Development, said this in Abuja on Tuesday. Olawande said that “the Green House would be located in all the 774 local…
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Gov. Oborevwori counsels corp members on self employment, self reliance
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be committed to the orientation programme to assist them toward actualising self-employment after the service year. This will enable them to become self-reliant, he said. Oborevwori said this on Friday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Batch B, Stream 11 set at the Orientation Camp,…
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Nwifuru warns LG chairmen against project sabotage, employment diversion
Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has warned Local Government Chairmen and Coordinators of Development Centres against contractual sabotage and ”empowerment diversion” in his government. Nwifuru gave the warning on Sunday in Abakaliki during a Church Service at the Government House Chapel Abakaliki. He warned those sabotaging government contracts in their various localities to stop forthwith. He called on Town Unions…
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Cross River Govt lifts 25-year embargo on employment into civil service
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has lifted the 25-year embargo on employment into the State civil service. Dr Erasmus Ekpang, Commissioner for Information, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday. While noting that the last time mass employment took place in the service was in 1999, Ekpang said 2,000…
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Defence
NSCDC nabs couple over employment racketeering
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Akwa Ibom, says it has arrested a woman and her husband over suspected involvement in employment racketeering. NSCDC Commandant in Akwa Ibom, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Uyo. Eluwade said that the couple, Blessing Ezekiel, 27 and her husband, Joseph Ufot, 46,…
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General News
Obaseki seeks employment of best brains in civil service
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has called on governments at different levels to employ the best brains in their civil and public service to rebuild the nation. Obaseki made the call on Wednesday during the three-day BRACED Commission Strategy Retreat for Heads of Civil Service at the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA) in Benin. The News Agency of…
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MTN, Unilever others pledge 5% employment opportunity to PwDs
Nigeria business community has confirmed its commitment to comply with the provisions of the disability laws, especially in providing five per cent employment opportunities for People Living with Disabilities (PwDs) They made the commitment at a conference recently held in Lagos between members of the business community and the management of National Commission for Persons With Disabilities led by the…
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Enugu Govt begins registration of unemployed
The Enugu State Government says it has created a register across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state for its unemployed citizens for possible recruitment in various areas. The Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Mr Chika Ugwuoke disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ugwuoke said that it had so…
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Employment not govt’s priority now – Otti
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says it is not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people into the state’s civil service. The governor made this known during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in Umuahia. He said that the issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what it met…
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Amnesty Programme to facilitate employment of 350 youths
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says it is set to facilitate the employment of 350 graduates from the Niger Delta area. The Interim Administrator of PAP, Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu, made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. He said when he assumed office over three months ago, he observed the number of ex-agitators and impacted communities…
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NEWS
NPA shrugs off accusations of lop-sided appointments
Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has shrugged off allegations that it ensured all its general managers hailed from the northern part of the country as “unfounded and riddled with untruth”. Making this denial in Lagos on Wednesday via a statement, the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA Adams Jatto, said the appointment and promotion of general managers…
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