Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has promised to create 10,000 jobs by the year 2020 even as he said that his government will continue to improve the living standards of the residents by providing the desired enabling environment.
The Minister spoke today, Sunday, at the closing ceremony of the Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Programme organized by the FCT Administration in conjunction with the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, at the FCT Youth Development Center, Nyanya, Abuja
“As an Administration, our target is to create 10,000 jobs by the year 2020. In creating these jobs, we will support our people to generate wealth; thereby reducing the high rate of unemployment and minimizing the level of poverty in the Territory. This stand is also in line with one of the cardinal policies of the Government of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, which are job creation and poverty reduction.”
The minister was represented at the occasion by the Managing Director of the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA), Tukur Arabi. [myad]
