Amid criticism of the employment deficit in Nigeria, the Federal Government has instructed that a portal be opened to document unemployed citizens.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who revealed this, said the resolution was reached on Wednesday, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before he proceeded to Rwanda to attend the 2022 CHOGM.
The job portal would also take Nigerians living in the diaspora into cognisance.
The Minister also noted that the Council approved the digitisation of the operations of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF).
According to him, the Council approved a portal called Nigerian Labour Exchange, (NILEX), which will be domiciled in his ministry for employment and job creation.
According to him, the NILEX platform, which is housed in his ministry, had not been developed over time and could not take the stress of the number of people wanting to go into it, stressing that the digital platform was supposed to be used by employers on one hand and job seekers on the other.
The minister further explained that the e-NSITF will cost N1.2 billion.
