Govt, Others Plan 1m Jobs For Youths In Maritime Industry
Determined to reduce unemployment in the country, Lagos state government, industry stakeholders and top government officials will on Tuesday meet to discuss how to create one million jobs in the maritime sector for youths within one year.
The event, being initiated by Employment Clinik as part of efforts to reduce poverty and unemployment among the teaming youths in the country will hold at Rockview Hotel, Apapa in Lagos.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Clinik, Ronke Kosoko, the event with the theme: “Project one million jobs: From impact to Legacies, heading to a new frontier in the maritime industry,” is being initiated to ensure that jobless youths are withdrawn from the streets across the country.
She said: “The Federal Ministry of Transportation, Lagos State Government and private organisations have declared their support to ensure the success of the project.
“ Thousands of our youths can be engaged in fish trawling, ship building and repairs, cabotage, port and harbour, hydro power generation, off shore and off dock stevedoring, jetty operation, ferry and boat services, tourism, platforms, pilot and towage boats, mooring and supply crew vessel, shipping, forwarding agencies, medium and small scale industries, reefers carriers, truck holding bays, refineries, petro-chemical shipping, dredging and marine materials excavation, supply of bunkers of petroleum and water, cargo consolidation, logistics and distribution.”
Kosoko stressed that it has become imperative to empower the youths in all the sub-secytors of the maritime industry in order to explore the abundant resources flourishing in the country’s waterways and seabed, saying that the industry alone can absolved over five million workforce because of the potentials and the opportunities in the industry.
Expected at the event are the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Transportation, Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola; chief executives of maritime agencies; Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operation Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Vicky Haastrup; Former Minister of interior, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho among others.
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