President Bola Tinubu has again announced that Nigerian youths will start receiving unemployment benefits aimed at alleviating the hardship in the country.
The President, who made the announcement on Monday during a working visit to Minna, the Niger State capital, expressed the belief that his administration will put an end to the country’s pressing challenges.
Hence, unemployed Nigerian youths including graduates have been advised to get their National Identity Numbers (NINs) ready as it will be used to verify their nationality when the President begins payments to the unemployed.
Recall that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, in January, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu had directed the design of a Social Security unemployment program where unemployed Nigerian youths will be paid.
The Minister disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided by President Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, “At this period of heightened food prices, Mr. President has committed to doing all that can be done to assist in giving purchasing power to the poorest and in that line, he has committed and instructed that the Social Security unemployment program be devised, particularly to cater for the youth, for the unemployed graduates, as well as the society as a whole.
“So, we have coming, in the nearest future, an unemployment benefit for the young unemployed, in particular.”
Similarly, Mr. Edun said there will be a consumer credit scheme to alleviate the pains of economic adjustment.
