2019 Presidency: APC, Buhari reveal number of new jobs they will create

The All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate,
Muhammadu Buhari, have promised to create seven million new jobs in
2019 and beyond.

This was contained in the party's manifesto titled: "Next Level" which
was released on Sunday and obtained by DAILY POST in Abuja.

The ruling party disclosed that plans were underway for
industrialising the nation and supporting its march away from
mono-economy while creating new jobs.

An analysis of the document's content under job creation reveals that
the APC and its presidential flagbearer plan to create 6.5million new
jobs from the agricultural sector.

Specifically, the manifesto says its agricultural mechanisation policy
will generate 5million new jobs while its livestock transformation
plan will add 1.5million to the country's workforce.

The APC also said its presidential candidate would create another
500,000 jobs in the technology and creative fields through a $500,000
innovation fund to the sectors bringing the total number of targeted
new jobs to seven million.

The manifesto further revealed that an extra 300,000 jobs will be
created for food vendors and farmers with the expansion of the scope
of its school feeding program from 9.2million to 15million children.

Finally, on jobs creation, the party said it will engage one million
unemployed graduates under its N-Power programme, support another one
million citizens through its Anchor Borrowers' programme, skill-up 10
million Nigerians under a voucher payment system in partnership with
private sector, and train 200,000 youths for outsourcing market in
technology services and entertainment.