The Federal Executive Council approved a new national policy on employment generation in Nigeria.

The policy aims to address unemployment, poverty, and highlight economic opportunities for Nigerians.

The Labour and Employment Minister Muhammad Dingyadi, disclosed the approval shortly, after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja saying the new strategy will be reviewed and implemented in the next two to three weeks

He said, “My memo is just one, but it’s a very important memo to the Labour sector in general. This memo has to do with, we have been able to get approval, to implement it, reduce it, then to send it to our stakeholders, IPD, status of policy, that this national policy on employment has been approved.

“Usually, because of this long span of time regarding the reality on the ground, the ministry decided to initiate the review of this national policy on employment so as to show the need to develop new strategies which will address challenges of unemployment and address poverty, create the economic opportunities for productive and employment of Nigerians.

“In the next two or three weeks, we are going to the International Labour Organization meeting in Geneva. We will be very proud to tell our colleagues in other parts of the world that we have been able to review the national employment policy.”