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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to support member states in their quest for sustainable development that promotes inclusive prosperity, economic opportunities and increased social well-being, said an official of ECA
. A two-day national political dialogue on job creation in Nigeria, Sylvain Boko, Senior Regional Planning and Statistical Adviser in ECA's Capacity Development Division, stressed that ECA's mandate was to promote the good -being socio-economic on the continent. "One of the ways to do this is to work directly with the different Member States to help them reflect on their policy choices and development priorities in line with their national aspirations," he told participants at the meeting. high level meeting. ECA attaches great importance to strengthening its relations and partnership with Nigeria, and the support it has given to this national policy dialogue on creating jobs just a manifestation of this interest. "
Boko thanked Mr. Adeyemi Dipeolu, Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria for Economic Affairs, for inviting ECA to take part in the dialogue to discuss employment creation policies in Nigeria at the time. that the country seeks to improve the well-being of the population, targeting young people in particular
"The creation of jobs, especially for young people, is very important. ECA will continue to work with Member States to ensure partnerships and proactive efforts that can create jobs or create sufficient jobs to meet the employment needs of our young people. on the continent, "he added.The dialogue was made necessary by the jobless growth of Nigeria during the period 2000 – 2015. Growth was supported by the sharp rise in world prices of raw materials, particularly the boom in oil exports
. "It is now well established that economic growth must be inclusive, if it is to improve human well-being and to ensure increasing social and political stability," reads the concept note. dialogue
"One important way in which growth can be inclusive is to create jobs. This stems from the reality that the benefits of economic growth reach most people through employment income. Therefore, the challenge of economic management is to ensure that economic growth translates into stable and profitable jobs that are key to the continued expansion of consumption, savings and investment. countrywide. "
conduct a comprehensive badysis of the employment landscape in Nigeria and find ways to significantly increase the number of new jobs in the country over the next five years."
Participants discussed the framework to better understand the problem of unemployment in Nigeria, including a comprehensive badysis of policies and programs to create past and existing jobs in Nigeria in terms of orientation , objectives, implementation and impact.
They also reviewed lessons learned from experiences from other countries; badyzed opportunities for job creation from the Nigerian economy now and in the future, based primarily on the current structure of the economy and its projected evolution over the next 25 years.
Participants also identified and badyzed obstacles to creativity n jobs this must be addressed in the country; and also deliberated on the development of an appropriate job creation strategy, the effective implementation of which should result in a convergence between the growth rates of the Nigerian labor force and the growth rate of the labor force. net job creation, at an acceptable unemployment rate. the aegis of the president's economic adviser, hosted the meeting in Ibadan last week in conjunction with the Economic Commission for Africa.
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