THE PRESIDENTIAL JOBS BOARD (PJB)

From left President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), DG ITF, SA Job Creation and President Farmers Asso briefing the media after the meeting

From President NASME, HM Agriculture & Rural Development, HM Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, HM acting HM Labour, President MAN, DG ITF, SA Job Creation and President Farmers Asso

The presidential jobs board held its second meeting on 18th February 2015 at the State House Aso-Villa Abuja, where discussions were focused on the most effective ways of meeting the boards target of creating at least 2million jobs consistently and proper monitoring of job creation initiatives either to create synergy or improve their performance.
The Draft Nigerian jobs bill was presented and adopted to institutionalize President Goodluck Jonathan's job creation policies. The President will be presenting the bill to the National assembly asap to establish and legalize job creation programs for sustainability.

The Presidency approved the National Job Centers and the Nigerian Job Exchange (www.nje.gov.ng) as structures that will help provide the much needed workforce database for more coordinated recruitment, the provision of requisite skills training for job seekers and employers alike in Nigeria.

Employment tax incentives where also introduced. President Goodluck Jonathan introduced this incentives in 2010 to encourage hiring of Nigerians and it was shocking to know that most employers are not aware of the existence of such incentives.

Employers are however expected to hire from the Nigerian Jobs Exchange Aka NJE or the National Job Centers to qualify for accessing the incentives. What this also means that all those registered on the NJE are trackable and a background check carried out on them to ensure their authenticity and credibility.

50% of government CAP EX will be tied to ratio of jobs created.

The National Job Centers and Exchange will be unveiled 2nd week in March 2015 by HE President Goodluck Jonathan himself.
Read this blog for more information on job creation activities and initiatives.