While the national rate of employment is declining, one state has good news.
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa,on Monday, disclosed that his administration had in the last year created 17, 173 jobs.
The Governor said this while speaking with news men at a press conference in Asaba, the Delta state capital. Okowa, who presented his First Year Performance Report at the conference, said that the rate of unemployment was causing socio-political stability when was sworn in 2015.
He said: “Our credit was in bad shape and the financial system was shaky and indeed, our promise of prosperity for the Delta people seemed illusory.
“It is my pleasure to announce that as at April 30th, 2016, a total of 17, 173 private sector jobs were created by this administration. This figure consists of 6, 800 direct jobs and 10,373 indirect jobs of both skilled and unskilled workers,” he said.
Okowa further disclosed that his administration has established a Job Creation Office which created 7, 522 of the jobs while the remaining 9,651 was created by MDAs projects and programmes.
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