The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in a recent data revealed that youth unemployment is now at 21.5 percent from 19 percent. Unemployment Rate in Nigeria averaged 9.04 percent from 2006 until 2016, reaching an all-time high of 19.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 and a record low of 5.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Based on these statistics, it therefore came as a relief to many Nigerians when the Federal Government decided to introduce three direct job creation and training schemes for youth in line with its campaign promises of job creation.

A couple of weeks ago, the federal government promised that it will start taking applications online for positions in the 500,000 direct teacher job scheme, through an internet portal named www.npower.gov.ng in what is described as the first roll out of its N500 billion social investment programmes.

President Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29 Democracy Day broadcast to the nation formally launched the social investment programmes already provided for under the 2016 Appropriation.

According to the presidency, the 500,000 teacher corps is one of the three direct job creation and training schemes of the federal government.

Others are N-Power Knowledge which will train 25,000 Nigerians in the area of technology, and N-Power Build, which train another 75,000 in the areas of building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and catering, automotive vocations, aluminum and gas services. All trainees will be paid for the duration of their training.

The Federal Government explained that N-Power Teacher Corps is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year duration. Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play teaching, instructional, and advisory roles in primary, and secondary schools, agricultural extension systems across the country, public health and community education-covering civic and adult education.

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