Jutha Gupah, Damaturu
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has engaged 2, 670 University, Diploma and National Certificate of Education (NCE) graduates for effective service delivery in the State.
The employed graduates are to deliver various services in the education, health, environment and agricultural sectors of the economy.
The Director General, press and media affairs, Mamman Mohammed, disclosed yesterday (Thursday), in a statement in Damaturu that the Governor approved the immediate employment of Degree, Diploma and NCE graduates.
According to Buni, the engagement of the graduates to be done by the Ministry of Wealth Creation, Employment and Employment Generation (MWEG) are to be implemented by Alhaji Abdullahi Bego.
“The engagement exercise was to fill the existing gaps of providing effective and efficient service delivery to the people in various communities,” he said.
In a breakdown of the massive employment, he disclosed: “Out of the 2, 670 candidates, 890 each are for University degrees, Higher National Diploma (HND) and NCE holders in the state.”
Buni, in the statement also explained that the graduate and diploma holders are selected from the 178 political wards in the 17 Local Councils.
He, therefore, charged them to justify their engagements into the various sectors with a high sense of commitment and dedication to service delivery to the people.
According to him, the State government has provided equal job opportunities for the unemployed with the sense of belonging and ownership of governance.
He noted that with the massive engagements of youths into the various key sectors, economic growth and development could be fast tracked to raise the living conditions of people.
“Our administration will continue to provide opportunities in the various sectors to the teeming youths across the state,” he assured.
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