Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he has so far created 157,000 jobs out of the 200,000 he promised the state.
Speaking at the 2019 Alaghodaro Youth Summit in Benin on Monday, Mr Obaseki said he did what most politicians would not do by setting a target for job creation.
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“I have done what many politicians will not do; during my campaign, I promised to create a minimum 200,000 jobs within my first term, through the Edo Skills Development Agency (Edojobs),” he said.
“Politicians won’t give themselves such targets in case they don’t meet it. If government gives the youths the needed support, you will see that 200,000 jobs will be a piece of cake.
“Today, I am glad and happy that at the last count, we have created 157,000 jobs in Edo.”
Obaseki said the figures were developed by Business Day newspaper following an independent evaluation.
“They undertook an independent evaluation and told me that the skills development agency was able to create 45, 000 through job tracking,” he said.
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“From the records, 3,500 jobs were created through jobs matching and placement, 23,000 jobs through Edo Innovation Jobs, 1,300 jobs from Edo food and agriculture cluster, and 15,000 jobs from Edo Production Centre.
“We have also created 12,000 jobs from the National Social Investment Programme, 10,000 from the Ministry of Wealth Creation, and 32,000 indirect jobs. The data is all there and you can verify them.”
