THE House of Representatives Wednesday rejected a bill, which sought to
make provisions for monetary incentives for unemployed graduates in the
country.
The proposed legislation, titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Act, Cap. N28 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, by creating specific functions and objectives for the Directorate to specifically cater for unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions,” failed to scale second reading when it was put to vote by the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Sponsor of the bill, Arua Arunsi, had, during his submission on the floor, said the objective of the bill was to design implementation programmes to combat mass unemployment of graduates that are between the ages of 18 to 35 years and also between third to fifth year of post-graduation experience.
According to him, the bill also seeks to pay certain amount of allowances to the unemployed graduates in Nigeria.
But opponents of the proposed legislation pointed out that the provisions of the bill failed to meet critical criteria of filling gaps inherent in the existing laws it was seeking to amend.
The proposed legislation, titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Act, Cap. N28 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, by creating specific functions and objectives for the Directorate to specifically cater for unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions,” failed to scale second reading when it was put to vote by the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Sponsor of the bill, Arua Arunsi, had, during his submission on the floor, said the objective of the bill was to design implementation programmes to combat mass unemployment of graduates that are between the ages of 18 to 35 years and also between third to fifth year of post-graduation experience.
According to him, the bill also seeks to pay certain amount of allowances to the unemployed graduates in Nigeria.
But opponents of the proposed legislation pointed out that the provisions of the bill failed to meet critical criteria of filling gaps inherent in the existing laws it was seeking to amend.
A member, Ibrahim El sudi said since the Nigerian economy was not production-based, industrial revival
efforts would be defeated. “Rather than turn our unemployed youths into
lazy ones, government should channel the monthly stipends towards the
revival of our industries.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THE HOUSE REP. RIGHT TO HAVE REJECTED THE BILL??
I stpd reading nija newspapers since i started reading frm ur blog. Thanks for making me lazy * smiles*.
ReplyDeleteThe Rep re greedy as their normal self. What industry do they want to revive. God help His own
They do not want the undergraduate to share out of their largese.
DeleteI really do not blame them. Before you know it even those that r employed will be claiming unemployed
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