The Nigeria Labour Congress has described unemployment as a time bomb and catalyst for social vice and crime in the country if not urgently addressed by the Federal Government.
The President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, stated these during the 40th-anniversary celebration of the Labour Writers Association of Nigeria.
Wabba said, “There is no difference between unemployment and insecurity; it is a fact and has been established.
“Decent jobs are very important because without decent jobs there will be no security, no social progress for everybody. That is why the SDG 8.7 has been tied to having decent jobs.”
On his part, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the Buhari-led administration had maintained a calm industrial environment.
Ngige, who was represented by the Special Adviser on Media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe, said the current regime had in six years and five months been very effective in job creation despite the inherited socioeconomic downturn.
