Four Thousand (4,000) unemployed graduates have been placed on a monthly salary of N40,000 for a period of 6 months
The Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment’s Graduate Internship Placement Programme (GIPP) introduced this initiative which is intended to address the challenge of unemployment among unemployed graduates in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in commemoration of the Second Year in the Office of Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu.
Arobieke said the programme, which is meant to expose interns to a particular job, profession or industry and enhance networking will also give the interns an opportunity to excel and possibly learn a job within the organisation; as they are exposed to professional skills and interpersonal relationships in a structured setting.
Adding that the programme has been structured in a way that would mould and expose these interns to entrepreneurial opportunities and investing employable skills in them.
A total of 51,514 graduates applied for the internship online, over 1,932 companies indicated interest to onboard the interns after their training and 4,736 applicants attempted the Online Assessment Test.
About 1,000 candidates who scored a minimum of 60 per cent were invited for the first tranche of the employability skills training, while 4,000 interns are targeted to be placed on a monthly stipend of N40,000 for six months.
Mrs.Aroonieke said the Ministry’s Employability Department, during the period under review, organised youth-focused programmes which included the “Mindset Re-Orientation Programme,” a program aimed at reorientating the mindset of the unemployed youths in facing the realities of the present day labour market.
Going further, she said, “Hence, the need for reorientation of the mindset of the job seekers to imbibe learning vocational and technical skills to be self-employed.”
In the year 2020, 2,163 unemployed youths that participated in the webinar with seasoned practitioners in various fields or areas of specialisations as facilitators.