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SIFA FC & @NEPAD_Agency mark a milestone for skills in Nigeria—breaking ground for the new Momas TVET Center in Ogun State. Advancing youth & power sector skills. Updates to follow soon. #SkillsforAfrica#AUDANEPAD#TVET#Nigeria
PRESS RELEASE
REVISED EMPLOYMENT POLICY CENTRAL TO AGENDA TO LIFT MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY – FG
The Federal Government has described the Revised National Employment Policy (NEP) as central to its commitment to lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi stated this at the launch of the Revised National Employment Policy 2005 in Abuja on Tuesday.
Presenting a keynote address, Dingyadi explained that the revised policy offers a bold, inclusive and future-fit solution to the nation’s employment challenges.
The Minister noted that the policy would provide a labour market that delivers inclusive growth, equity, productivity, and sustainability for every Nigerian.
According to him, the review was necessitated by Nigeria's employment landscape, which has been challenged by high youth unemployment, underemployment, informality, gender disparities, and regional inequalities.
The Minister recalled that the recent COVID-19 pandemic further exposed Nigeria’s vulnerabilities, and the need for proactive, adaptive, and progressive employment policies.
Beyond the pandemic, he noted that the global world of work is being reshaped by automation, climate change, digitisation, demographic shifts, and geopolitical uncertainties, making it imperative to respond, not with business-as-usual frameworks, but with bold, inclusive, and future-fit solutions, which the Revised NEP represents.
Dingyadi said: “The NEP 2025 is not a stand-alone policy. It is a strategic compass aligned with Nigeria's National Development Plan (2021-2025), ECOWAS Labour and Employment Protocols, the African Union's Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the International Labour Organisation's Future of Work Initiative.
“The NEP 2025 is fully aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At the heart of the Renewed Hope Agenda is a national commitment to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty through job creation, youth empowerment, enterprise development, digital innovation, and inclusive growth. This policy offers a coherent roadmap to actualise those goals by promoting decent work, formalising the informal economy, boosting employability, and unlocking emerging sectors for job creation.”
According to the Minister, in line with Mr. President's vision, the NEP identifies employment not only as an economic objective, but also as a tool for social justice, national security, and sustainable development.
He explained that the policy provides the strategic direction for all employment-related initiatives under the administration, ensuring synergy across government organisations and alignment with national priorities, while also ensuring inclusivity for the youth, women, and persons with disabilities.
The Minister stated that the revised NEP provides practical guidelines and targeted strategies to address employment challenges, and also introduces measurable indicators and timelines to enable evidence-based implementation and monitoring.
Dingyadi noted that the NEP 2025 significantly recognises the evolving shape of the Nigerian economy, integrating emerging sectors such as the Digital Economy, Blue Economy, Green Economy, and Orange Economy.
The Minister disclosed that the Policy also recognises Remote Work (Telework) as “an increasingly viable and flexible mode of employment, especially for persons with disabilities, women with care responsibilities, and others facing mobility constraints.”
He called for collective efforts to bring the policy to life, including clear political will, sustained financing, institutional accountability, and most of all, partnerships.
While calling on state governments to domesticate the NEP, and align their job creation strategies with this national framework, he urged the private sector to collaborate with the government in designing labour market-responsive skills programmes investing
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