A registered body of all the unemployed graduates & other youth in Nigeria, Adebisi Thomas Adewole Foundation, has given the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala seven days ultimatum to furnish enough proofs on the alleged creation of 1.6 million jobs by the Government of President Goodluck Jonathan as it has been preached by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, NaijaSharpNews correspondents have reported. The body, in a letter addressed to the Finance Minister and signed by its Chairman, Adebisi Adewole, says it has decided to demand for sufficient explanation having heard of a flurry of jobs that endure only on media pages. Here comes the letter as obtained by NaijaSharpNews.
DTO: Dr. Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Honourable Minister of Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Area, Abuja
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE ALLEGED 1.6 MILLION JOBS CREATED IN 2013
ATA foundation is the acronym of Adebisi Thomas Adewole foundation-- the register body of all the unemployed graduates & other youth in Nigeria. ATA foundation, is the formidable group through which all the unemployed graduates and other unemployed youth of Nigeria, demands for their rights, speaks out their grievances and desires, and adequately represented at the all levels of governments as a body.
In 2013 as reported by the Nigerian Tribune on 17th of September, 2013, the World Bank put the unemployment rate in Nigeria at 22% and the youth unemployment rate at 38%. The Team Leader and representative of World Bank Country representative, Professor Foluso Okunmadewa, made this disclosure at the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) organised by Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P), in Abuja.
Premium Timesng.org reported on October 10, 2013 that the unemployment rate in Nigeria worsened under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. This conclusion was drawn after the National Planning Commission presented the 2011 Performance Monitoring Report on Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Abuja on 3rd of October, 2013. The report indicated that the unemployment rate in Nigeria in 2010 was 21.1 per cent, a figure that increased to 23.9 per cent in 2011.
The News Agency of Nigeria quotes the report as stating that, “In 2011, Nigeria’s unemployment rose to 23.9 per cent compared with 21.1 per cent in 2010”. The report referenced its facts from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
ThisDay on AllAfica.com and the Nigerian Vanguard Newspaper both related on December 18, 2013 that the National Bureau of Statistics said that 54% of Nigerian Youths were unemployed in 2012. This was contained in a report issued in Abuja by NBS in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Youths Development in December of 2013.
Many other reports by national, regional, and global bodies have also corroborated the rising unemployment rate in the country despite the initiation of SURE-P, YOUWIN, YESSO and other such programmes to create employment for millions of Nigerians particularly the youth by the Federal Government.
During an interactive session with Private sector in December, 2013, The Punch Newspapers related on December 30, 2013 that during your presentation, you disclosed that a total of 1.6 million jobs were created in 2013.
ThisDay on AllAfrica.com on January 20, 2014 also gave an account of your reiterating same at the South-East and South-South Professional Forum in January, 2014. At the forum you also said 2 million of such jobs will be created in 2014.
With rise in the unemployment rate of the country despite resources and efforts being put in and the plan to ply same route of generating jobs for unemployed Nigerian populace in 2014; CSNAC is hereby requesting, in accordance with the Section 2, 3, 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, for the following:
1. The number of jobs created in each sector of the economy in 2013,
2. The amount appropriated and expended to create such jobs and
3. The sustainability plan of the jobs after the federal Government has withdrawn its support as the case may be.
4. Supporting documents in respect of 1 and 2 above. > > We look forward to receiving the required information promptly and, in any event, within 7 days of the receipt of this application as provided for in the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. Sincerely,
Adebisi Adewole
Chairman
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