President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the federal government has put in place measures to tackle youth unemployment as part of effort to stem brain drain through migration.
The President made the appeal during the National Migration Dialogue (NMD), themed ‘Leveraging Youth Migration for National Development,’ held at the banquet hall of the presidential villa, yesterday in Abuja.
Represented by the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, he said government has put in places numerous intervention programme to cushion economic difficulties faced by Nigerians especially the youth.
“Recent upsurge of youth migration to locations outside Nigeria is surely a matter of concern particularly given the fact that majority of the affected youth are skilled individuals on whom national resources have been expended.
“Let me assure you all that my government’s social, economic policies and programmes as well as those in the states, are targeted at improving the general welfare of Nigerians, reducing the incidence of extreme poverty and producing jobs for our young graduates.
“I expect the dialogue to discuss this matter and the and the general issue of leveraging on youth expertise, resources and global exposure of the Nigerian diaspora for the development of our country,” he said.
