We’ve employed 50,000 youths in 43 months —Amosun

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has disclosed that his administration has in 43 months of its emergence employed no fewer than 50,000 youths in the state through direct and indirect employment.

Amosun, speaking during a live radio programme tagged “Meet the Governor” on Paramount FM, Abeokuta, said the feat was made possible by the holistic approach of his administration to unemployment, including creating an enabling environment for business and industries to thrive.

Responding to questions on the spate of unemployment in the state, the governor expressed with concern that though close to one million youths are unemployed in the state, the trend is gradually reducing on a daily basis as about 46 industries with at least 100 million dollar investment have sprang up under his administration.

He added that some of them engage about 4,500 staff in a day through job-shifts.

The governor explained the rationale behind his administration’s interest in infrastructural development, arguing that he believes that it is a probable catalyst for other sectors for the state to achieve any meaningful socio-economic development.