Maduako Igbokwe l Wednesday, Sept. 09, 2020
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – National Directorate of Employment, (NDE) in Anambra State has recruited 50 unemployed graduates temporarily and deployed them into various corporate organisations for initial three months.
This was disclosed by the state coordinator, Special Public Works Department of NDE , Mrs. Chika Ufele during an orientation ceremony for the Graduate Attachment Programme, (GAP) in Awka, Anambra state. According to Ufele ,each beneficiary will receive a stipend of N15,000 per months for the three months of the internship. She said after their internship programme, they might likely secure permanent jobs at their place of primary assignment or become self-employed.
“The Graduate Attachment Programme(GAP)2020 is being replicated in all the 36 states of the federation and FCT whereby a total of 1,850 jobs are being expected to be created for the unemployed graduates nationwide.
“The concept behind the formation of GAP is to address the alarming level of graduate unemployment by providing them with transient jobs. During this period, the interns are expected to gain requisite practical experience and ascertain their indispensability to the organization that may lead to possible retention at the end of the internship.
“The Special Public Works Department is one of the departments of the NDE that seek to identify and exploit employment opportunities that abound in the public works sector by organizing the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled persons that are unemployed, to carry out utility, environmental, infrastructural development and sanitation works, ”she said.
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The Coordinator also stated that the department through GAP is promoting mass employment strategies through the attachment of qualified graduates to willing employers of labour on pupilage for 3-6 months.
“This will contribute to their skill upgrading during which permanent employment or self-employment may be secured.” She said. Ufele urged the beneficiaries to put in their best to the programme and make necessary impact at the end.
She also thanked the Director General of NDE, Dr. Nasiru Mohammed for graciously approving the implementation of the programmes and facilitating its take off. One of the beneficiaries Mrs. Victoria Nwogbo, thanked NDE for availing them the opportunity to be productive in life and told them to be committed during the internship in order to create way for permanent employment.
“ I advise my co-beneficiaries to add value to the vision and mission of the employer for possible retention. This can be achieved by being punctual to place of work, and adapt to the job ethics which will show that we are employable, ”she said.
