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Job: Nigeria, Britain partner to combat unemployment

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The Nigerian government has expressed its willingness to partner with the British Government in tackling unemployment and creating job opportunities for young persons in the country. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, with the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams. PHOTO: NAN The Minister of State for  Labour  and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, stated this when the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “We are ready to collaborate with our partners all over the world to open up avenues for job creation. We are open to all kinds of suggestions and levels of co-operation,” he said. He disclosed that the Government has opened up other sectors as part of efforts to diversify the economy from oil, which would, in turn, create room for employment. According to him, part of the efforts of Government to diversify the economy and boost job creation...
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Banks, Airtel Partner TraderMoni for IDPs

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Banks in Nigeria and Airtel have partnered the Federal government’s TraderMoni scheme in order to broaden financial inclusion. In one of the recent TraderMoni events at Bocolis IDP camp in Borno, Airtel provided free sim cards to all TraderMoni beneficiaries, whilst free phones were given to the beneficiaries. Our sources gather that the phones were part of the 40,000 phones donated by the Bankers’ Committee to the TraderMoni program. Our sources at the Bank of Industry reveal that the TraderMoni scheme was taken to the camp to empower petty traders and artisans that lost all their livelihood to the Boko Haram crisis but who are trying to fend for themselves via small trades. Since the beginning of the Boko Haram crisis in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, thousands have been affected, with many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) forced to live temporarily at camps across the country. Displaced from their homes & disconnected from their daily jobs, many Internally...