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Obaseki to create employment for 4,200 youths

By Michael Egbejule, Benin City
27 June 2017   |   4:19 am
In line with his electioneering campaign promise to create at least 200,000 jobs within four years, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the employment of 4,200 youths under the Edo State public works programme.

Edo State

In line with his electioneering campaign promise to create at least 200,000 jobs within four years, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the employment of 4,200 youths under the Edo State public works programme.

A statement by his Chief of Staff, Taiwo Akerele, said Obaseki had directed the engagement and training of 50 civil engineers to supervise the public works programme, and that successful applicants were sourced from the database of unemployed youths developed by the government for the Edo Jobs initiative.

Akerele said: “The new employed beneficiaries will work across the state on 45 inner roads selected under this special window. The governor also promised to engage another set of 4,200 in August 2017 under another window that will see the state government constructing and maintaining another set of 55 roads, culminating in almost 100 kilometres across the state.”

He enjoined the workers to be dedicated for the period of their engagement with the state government, as it would eventually amount to experience gathering and capacity building.

Meanwhile, to complement jobs originating from road construction, the state government also finalised arrangements to train young electrical and electronic engineers under a special arrangement with Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).

The programme, it emerged, would build the capacity of young men and women on the practical side of electrical engineering in line with the ‘Electrify Edo project’, which kicked off with the signing of a power purchase agreement between the government and electrical giants including  Siemens AG and Ossiomo Power limited recently.

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