The Rivers State Sustain
able Development Agency (RSSDA) has indicated its readiness to partner with relevant groups to improve the condition of the citizenry.
The Executive Director/Chief executive officer of the Agency, Mr. Noble Pepple, gave the indication in Port Harcourt during the inauguration of policy working group with Labour Market Assessment (IMA).
The inauguration was done by the Agency inconjuction with the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Project (NSRP).
Pepple said that the groups comprising officials of the Ministries of Women Affairs, Employment Generation, Youth Development, Budget Economic Planning, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Mines Agriculture and Industry (PHCCIMA) and the Rivers State Partnership for Sustainable Development are expected to pull resources together with the view to under studying the supply and demand of skill across the state.
He was optimistic that the work of the Group would help the RSSDA to know areas to place more emphases on job creation as well as bridge the skills gap across the state.
According to Pepple, the activities of the group would be useful to the incoming administration in its bid to tackle the challenges of unemployment in the state.
Also speaking, the country manager of Nigeria Stability and Reconcilliation Project, Dr. Ukoha Ukiwo, said that the programme is part of the measures to reduce conflict in the Niger Delta.
Ukiwo, who was represented by Ineba Bobmanuel, said that labour market assessment is one of the key strategies to mitigate conflict, adding that the study would provide the tools for policy makers to take good decision on the creation of job opportunities.
In his presentation, Mr. Kenneth Nwokoro, noted that the policy working group will act as advisory body to key policy makers in the state.
According to him, the selection of membership was based on relevant experience in the field of policy making and implementations.
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RSSDA Restates Commitment To Partner With Groups
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