The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has warned that there is no white collar jobs any longer, advising the youths to embrace the blue collar jobs.
Ngige, who disclosed this after the ground breaking ceremony of a specialist skill acquisition centres, last Friday at Ifitedunu, Anambra State, said the Federal Government has created over eight million jobs in less than three years.
According to the minister, the jobs created were mostly blue collar jobs, which is the main hub in the present day employment generation.
“There are no white collar jobs any longer. If you are waiting for one, you will wait for a long time.
“People are now finding employment in the blue collar jobs, and it is even more profitable,” Ngige said.
He stated that farming, carpentry, bricklaying, tiling and many others constitute the blue collar jobs.
The minister said the President Muhammad Buhari-led Federal Government was now using the blue collar job to redeem Nigerian youths from joblessness occasioned by lack of white collar jobs.
The minister said because of the huge employment potential in the blue collar jobs, the Federal Government decided to build centres where it would give youths of all educational qualification different levels of training that would help the youths secure jobs.
“In farming alone, this government has generated lots of jobs. You eat Anambra rice here, others eat Abakaliki rice, in Abuja I eat Kano rice and even Imo too has come up with theirs. All these bring employment. ”
Speaking on the Ifitedunu specialist skill acquisition centre, the minister said the centre was budgeted for in 2017 budget, and was again captured in the 2018 budget.
“What that means is that the funds for the project are already available. There is no fear of the project being abandoned.
“Federal government will construct this skill acquisition centre with maximum dispatch.”