Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has said plans are underway to launch a roadmap for removing 80 per cent of unemployed youths from the streets.

She, therefore, challenged top managers at the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to sit up for the challenge.

Promising a new National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to execute the job at  the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair, with the theme:  “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” in the nation’s economic capital,  the minister stressed  NDE’s crucial role in tackling unemployment through provision of  skills and entrepreneurship opportunities for young Nigerians.

In a statement by her Special Adviser (Media),  Emameh Gabriel, Onyejeocha, yesterday, urged NDE  managers to focus on combating unemployment without compromise.

According to her, the President has given a clear mandate to address the challenge decisively.

She ordered that NDE trainees must be empowered with a reasonable starter pack to take them off the street.