The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Doris Anite, assured Nigerians on Monday that the government is really serious about making more than three million jobs.
She talked about this during a meeting with some important people from the Oil and Gas Industry and some investors in Abuja.
According to a statement by Mrs. Ozokwelu Nonye, the Director of Press and Public Relations, the minister recognized that things are tough economically right now.
But she said that it’s super important for investors to feel good about putting their money into the oil and gas industry so that the economy can keep growing.
The Minister said, “If you want to know if a country is doing well, follow the money, the oil and gas sector is a priority sector for economic growth for the country.
“The development of the sector will be backed in every way possible as there are lots of potentials present, in terms of forex earning, job creation and also economic development because whatever is being produced can be used internally
“Three million jobs have also been created today and two million were handed over recently when I met with the Registrar General of CAC and MD of Moniepoint company, making it five million jobs within a short time”.
She also talked about setting up a place called a job centre where people can find out about job opportunities and how to apply for them.
Earlier in the meeting, Mr. Bamanga Usman, the Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority, talked about some companies like APM, Netgas Producing Nig. Ltd, APPL Ltd, and how they are working on projects worth over $112m. These projects have really cool facilities that can compete with other countries globally.
