No Worker Will Be Sacked Rather More Jobs Would Be Created – FG

In apparent reference to the call by Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor that the Federal Government should sack half of its workforce, the minister of labour and productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, yesterday, assured workers that there would be no job cuts even as he reiterated government’s desire to create more jobs.

Sanusi, while presenting a paper at the 2nd Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat in Warri, Delta State, had stressed the need for government to prune down the cost of maintaining a bloated civil service, National Assembly as well as the number of states and local governments in the country, among others.

The Labour Minister who spoke in Ilorin at the 8th National Labour Relations Summit and Fellowship Award held at the Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies(MINILS), said rather than sack workers, the government has already set up job creation committee that would commence work next week on how to create more jobs in all sectors of the economy to achieve more success on the transformational agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration

According to him, “no worker will be sacked. Nobody should be afraid, the government is desirous of creating more jobs for Nigerians”.

He noted that,”though job creation is more of private sector activities, but the federal government has created an enabling environment for private sector to thrive. The government has also made a special effort on agriculture,  power, ICT, tourism and recently SURE-P programme of the government in its efforts to provide jobs for Nigerians”.