The Project Director, Graduate
Internship Scheme of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme,
Mr. Peter Papka, on Tuesday, appealed to corporate bodies in Ondo State
to embrace the Federal Government’s initiative on unemployment.
Papka made the appeal in Akure at a
one-day sensitisation forum organised for management of the various
corporate establishments operating in the state.
Papka, who was represented on the
occasion by one of the coordinators of the programme, Mr. Fola Jimoh,
noted that the challenge of the project was how to absorb millions of
graduates currently in the labour market into the various firms across
the country.
He said that 225 firms had registered under the scheme in Ondo State while 50 of them had been approved to take interns.
He said 7,592 graduates had been
registered under the scheme in the state but 205 out of them matched to
firms but lamented that just 16 graduates had been hired by the
participating firms.
He added, “Clearly, there is the urgent
need for more firms to participate in this programme and take graduates
out of the labour market.”
He noted with concern that the various
institutions of higher learning in the country were producing over
300,000 graduates yearly, which the system, both public and private,
could not absorb.
To tackle the problem, the SURE-P boss
said the GIS scheme was introduced so that firms could absorb
“inexperienced” graduates so that they can gain necessary experiences
that would qualify them for places in the corporate world.
He said, “Graduates, under the scheme,
will be placed in for profit and non-profit making organisations and
selected government agencies, on one-year internship. The interns are
expected to acquire professional skills, training and work experience to
improve their job placement opportunities.
“The Federal Government will be
responsible for paying a monthly stipend of N25,000 to them while
participating institutions will be expected to provide adequate
opportunities for work and mentoring.
“Among the objective of the scheme is
the resolve to enhance the employability of at least 50,000 unemployed
graduates in the 36 states of the federation by improving their skills
through job placement.”
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