The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, says President Bola Tinubu has directed the creation of a Social Security Unemployment Programme where unemployed Nigerian youths will be paid to ease economic hardship.
Wale made this known in Abuja after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Tinubu on Monday.
“At this period of heightened food prices, Mr. President has committed to doing all that can be done to assist in giving purchasing power to the poorest. In that line, he has committed and instructed that the Social Security Unemployment Programme be devised, particularly to cater for the youth, for unemployed graduates, as well as the society as a whole. So, we have coming, in the nearest future, an unemployment benefit for the young unemployed, in particular,” he said.
