Members of the Senate on Wednesday considered a motion on the ‘escalating rate’ of unemployment in the country. The motion was sponsored during plenary by the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
In their resolution, the lawmakers proffered solutions to the executive arm of the government for adoption and implementation. One of these is for the Federal, State and Local Governments to declare emergency on the provision of employment across the country.
The senators also called on the Federal Ministry of National Planning to put the necessary mechanism and programmes in place to achieve this.
They proposed the revitalisation of existing industries and urged the executive arm to initiate sustainable employment fund for the payment of stipends to unemployed Nigerians until such persons secure employment.
