The Federal Government is to generate 21 million full-time jobs through massive investment in social infrastructure and services.
Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, who made the disclosure, yesterday, at a workshop on Harmonisation and Finalisation of Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Implementation of the Second National Programme of Action in Abuja, noted that the move was one of the outcomes of the current National Development Plan (2021-2025) that seeks to lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025.
He said this would set the stage for achieving the current administration’s commitment to lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
The minister explained that the development plan would also ensure that Nigeria unlocks its potential in all sectors of the economy.
Agba clarified: “Specifically, the plan aims to generate 21 million full-time jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025, thus setting the stage for achieving the current administration’s commitment to lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
“It also seeks to, among others, invest massively in social infrastructure and services to alleviate poverty and enhance capacities to strengthen security and ensure good governance.”
He said the ministry, in line with its mandate and presidential approval, was in the process of finalising the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050 – the country’s Perspective Development Plan – to replace the Nigeria Vision 20:2020.
The minister added: “I, therefore, urge other stakeholders, development partners and MDAs to mainstream and harmonise their sectoral plans and country strategies in line with the priorities of government as embedded in the plan to ensure full implementation.”
CEO of Africa Union Development Agency’s Peer Review Mechanism (Nigeria), Princess Gloria Akobundu, said the most populous black nation “is currently drafting its National Programme of Action.”
She stressed that the primary objective of the programme was to guide and mobilise Nigeria’s efforts in implementing needed changes to improve the state of governance and accelerate the country’s economic development.
