Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has advised Nigerians to carpentry, plumbing, and not focus only on white collar jobs.

Ngige believes Nigeria’s high unemployment rate can be greatly reduced if more Nigerians embrace blue collar jobs that are largely neglected.

He made this known during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.

The Minister noted that the Federal Government has an established vocational skills policy, but that Nigerians think blue collar jobs are beneath their status. He said;

"It (unemployment) was an issue and that was why we did an advocacy and told people not to look at only the white collar jobs. There are blue collar jobs. Skills. You have to train your hands. You have to do plumbing, carpentry, tailoring.

“We had to do the vocational skills policy. The NDE (National Directorate of Employment), one of my parastatals, has at least three or four vocational skills programmes.

“We have our specialist skills centres in Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna, Bauchi, Calabar, Warri, Enugu, and all over the federation.

“We now have many in collaboration with the state governments. We send them people to train them. And people come in there as apprentice and after we finish with them, we empower them.

“But the problem is that, how many people are ready to come there and train?

“They regard those jobs as jobs that don’t befit people’s status, but it’s not true. We’re counselling people that going to do these jobs doesn’t make you an inferior person.

“But here, everybody wants a (white) collar job. They want to stay in air-conditioned office. They want to work in the bank or oil companies and nothing less than that.”

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Source: https://lailasnews.com/nigerians-should-embrace-carpentry-plumbing-chris-ngige/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G0WU5CIrjI

Okay

Ok, l will buy my tools tomorrow and start learning plumbing and carpentry, but I want to be a politician because that is the surest way to enjoy in Nigeria, nonsense, Ngige that has stolen billions that will last his lifetime

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See this idiot man

Lmao

Where are your chlidren working

This is true. These days modern equipment have made those blue collar jobs less manual labor intensive. Moreover one can complete a lot more task in less time with excellent outcome.

We for no go university now.
Just wasted 5 years, I for go learn plumbing.

Guess his kids are in that line


Now its no more doctors

This man is on a roll

which of your child is a tailor or mechanic? olila

now they have moved from wheel barrow. .. interesting

Old fool, tell your children to do those jobs

embrace this embrace that... no be money person go take money? businesses thrive in different environments why. cant this ppl just realize this.

Meanwhile their children get juicy jobs without qualifications.

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canada is looking for people with those skills, but many nigerians one are not certified and broke to even apply

The mockery of the youths is getting out of hand.


Pray for the Nigerian youths.

This man is more than stupid.

I believe he's sick mentally

He should list out well equipped vocational institutions across Nigeria, where Nigerians can go acquire such skills.

Waka

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The advice will also be good for his children. Let the foolish man live by example. At least the whole world will know we have dutiful and caring leaders. A foolish and nonentity.

They take Nigerians for fools

Joromi12:
canada is looking for people with those skills, but many nigerians one are not certified and broke to even apply

Such skills are in demand out there but back home we don't have training institutions that train and certify for the level of international recruitment

And who embraces CBN, Customs, FIRS and most MDA slots?

Excellent Idea.