The federal government has announced that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has set up the structures to create three million jobs for the Nigerian youth through the 3 Million Technical Talent (MTT) Programme.
Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris made this statement yesterday in Abuja, during the Nigeria Police Youth Summit with the theme “Enhancing the Nigerian Youth Value for National Security Intelligence”.
Idris represented by the director general of the Voice of Nigeria, Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, said the 3MTT Programme, being driven by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Technology, is an incubator for the education and skills desired to enhance the capacity and value of the youths in national security intelligence.
“The 3MTT Programme is an affirmation of President Tinubu’s vision of factoring youth development into the overall national development strategy. To lay a formidable framework towards achieving this, the administration is also prioritizing the economic security of Nigerian youths, towards building a more secure and prosperous country,” he said.
Idris said the enactment of Nigerian Education Loan (NEL) Fund, which is currently providing loan and financial support for Nigerian students, is one of the notable initiatives under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, aimed at making significant impact on the educational pursuit of the youth.
While speaking on the high cost of transportation in the country, the minister said the introduction of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) policy by the President, seeks to leverage the nation’s sufficiency in gas to bring down the cost of transportation by about 70%.
Idris, therefore, enjoined the youth to latch onto government policies and explore them for personal comfort, economic growth and empowerment.
The minister also stressed the need for the youth to imbibe the necessary morals and values in order to play their expected roles in national security intelligence.