Lagos To Pay 4,000 Unemployed Graduates N40,000 Monthly

Lagos State will pay 4,000 unemployed graduates N40,000 monthly
for six months, Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment
Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke said yesterday.

She addressed reporters as part of activities to mark Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second year in office.

According to her, this would be implemented through the
ministry’s Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) intended
to address unemployment.

The commissioner said the programme, planned to last for six
months, would expose interns to a particular job, profession or
industry and enhance networking. Through the initiative, interns
will be given the opportunity to excel and possibly learn a job
with the organisation as they are exposed to professional skills
and interpersonal relationships in a structured setting.

She said: “The GIPP is to assist Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) and other companies to choose from the state’s
database of groomed talent/interns, to enhance productivity and
boost their businesses, thereby promoting economic growth at no
cost through government’s intervention.

“51,514 graduates applied for the internship online; over 1,932
companies indicated interest to onboard the interns after their
trainings and 4,736 applicants attempted the online assessment
test.

“About 1,000 candidates who scored a minimum of 60 per cent were
invited for the first tranche of the training, 4,000 interns are
targeted to be placed on a monthly stipend of N40,000 for six
months.”

According to the commissioner, 123,720 jobs have been created
and 14,646 small businesses supported since the ministry was
established in 2015. She added that 51,142 new tax payers were
on-boarded and 3,395 young persons were placed in jobs.

The state, in April 2020, established its Cash Transfer Unit as
part of efforts to domesticate the National Cash Transfer Programme
(NCTP) of the Federal Government. N269,340 was paid to 6,810
indigent households.

Arobieke said the ministry was also working towards establishing
an Artisans’ Virtual Market to encourage the ease of doing business
and make transactions seamless. Accordingly to her, artisans would
be on-boarded onto the portal; residents can call for services
online and give a report afterward as the portal would have a
feedback system.

The commissioner also intimated that the ministry, through its
various programmes, had tackled unemployment and humanitarian
issues. Such programmes included sensitisation workshop for exited
N-Power beneficiaries (Batches A and B); payment if Federal
Government special grant for rural women; graduate internship
programme; employability skills training; capacity building/
training for tradesmen and artisans, provision of COVID-19
palliatives to artisans who are registered members of an
association, among others.

Lagos State will pay 4,000 unemployed graduates N40,000 monthly
for six months, Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment
Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke said yesterday.

She addressed reporters as part of activities to mark Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second year in office.

According to her, this would be implemented through the
ministry’s Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) intended
to address unemployment.

The commissioner said the programme, planned to last for six
months, would expose interns to a particular job, profession or
industry and enhance networking. Through the initiative, interns
will be given the opportunity to excel and possibly learn a job
with the organisation as they are exposed to professional skills
and interpersonal relationships in a structured setting.

She said: “The GIPP is to assist Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs) and other companies to choose from the state’s
database of groomed talent/interns, to enhance productivity and
boost their businesses, thereby promoting economic growth at no
cost through government’s intervention.

“51,514 graduates applied for the internship online; over 1,932
companies indicated interest to onboard the interns after their
trainings and 4,736 applicants attempted the online assessment
test.

“About 1,000 candidates who scored a minimum of 60 per cent were
invited for the first tranche of the training, 4,000 interns are
targeted to be placed on a monthly stipend of N40,000 for six
months.”

According to the commissioner, 123,720 jobs have been created
and 14,646 small businesses supported since the ministry was
established in 2015. She added that 51,142 new tax payers were
on-boarded and 3,395 young persons were placed in jobs.

The state, in April 2020, established its Cash Transfer Unit as
part of efforts to domesticate the National Cash Transfer Programme
(NCTP) of the Federal Government. N269,340 was paid to 6,810
indigent households.

Arobieke said the ministry was also working towards establishing
an Artisans’ Virtual Market to encourage the ease of doing business
and make transactions seamless. Accordingly to her, artisans would
be on-boarded onto the portal; residents can call for services
online and give a report afterward as the portal would have a
feedback system.

The commissioner also intimated that the ministry, through its
various programmes, had tackled unemployment and humanitarian
issues. Such programmes included sensitisation workshop for exited
N-Power beneficiaries (Batches A and B); payment if Federal
Government special grant for rural women; graduate internship
programme; employability skills training; capacity building/
training for tradesmen and artisans, provision of COVID-19
palliatives to artisans who are registered members of an
association, among others.