My Govt Has Created Over 300,000 Jobs – Gov Obaseki

My Govt Has Created Over 300,000 Jobs - Gov Obaseki
Gov Obaseki

Governor Obaseki has said that his government has created over 300,000 jobs, The Nation can confirm.

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his government has created over 300,000 direct and indirect jobs in partnership with the private sector.

Obaseki also claimed that his government had engaged more youths and reduced employment through pragmatic reforms and interventions that revived the state’s economic landscape and attracted more investors.

He said: “Apart from interventions by the state’s skills development agency, EdoJobs, in the information technology, manufacturing, construction and the creative industry, we have embarked on people-centric programmes that have transformed the job landscape and positively impacted the livelihoods of the people.”

The governor listed some of the interventions to include the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ossiomo Power Company to provide stable power to drive the state’s industrial sector and the establishment of the 6000bpd Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited.

He also identified the extensive agricultural development programmes, such as the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), which he claimed had opened up space for large-scale commercial farming in the state, and impacted the lives of thousands of farmers, among other initiatives.

“We have also up-skilled our youths and placed them on a pedestal to actively participate in the fourth industrial revolution through capacity building and skills development initiatives, chief among which is the Edo Tech Park programme developed in partnership with a leading technology company, Decagon, through which we are training not less than 15,000 software engineers in the state in the next five years.

“The Edo Innovation Hub, Edo Production Centre, the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub and Sound Stage are other expressions of how we have meaningfully engaged our youths, leading to the creation of over 300,000 jobs in the state,” he added.

But state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Col. David Imuse (rtd), asked Obaseki to be truthful and stop misleading the people with bogus claims.

Imuse reiterated that many qualified youths were still unemployed and not empowered. He, however, said the APC-led government would ensure good governance.

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