GIZ, Nigerian agency to export 50,000 jobs globally

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the National Talent Export Programme – Nigeria (NATEP), are working on exporting 50,000 jobs from Nigeria to different parts of the world.

The duo have to this end, commenced a three-day workshop on how to create jobs through remote work and physical talent export.

They revealed that plans are underway to export 50,000 jobs to different parts of the world.

This may help in discouraging irregular migration and promoting safe and legal pathway to migration.

The workshop, is currently ongoing in Abuja.

It’s themed: “Possibilities and Requirements for Work and Study in Germany and Mastering Remote Work.”

The National Coordinator of the National Talent Export Programme, Olufemi Adeluyi, said: “We have signed an MOU with Lab Four, based in Memphis, USA, to channel 50,000 remote jobs to Nigeria over the next three years as part of efforts to get inflow of forex into the country.”

Adeluyi added that his programme was partnering with the Unique Talent Export Limited (UTEL), in Kuwait, with a commitment to create 250 jobs in the GCC countries, Germany, Scandinavian countries and other parts of Europe.

Also speaking at the event, the Programme Component Manager, GIZ, Nigeria, Tolulope Olaiya, said over 320,000 Nigerians have benefitted from the project in the last five years.

Olaiya encouraged Nigerians to make use of the Nigerian-German Centre for Migration and Development for their benefit, saying: “We have integrated these centres within the frameworks of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the migrant resource centres.