Some graduates recently enlisted for the Federal Government’s temporary job for unemployed youths in Oyo State have decried their non-posting to start the work.
They also urged the Federal Government, especially the office of the Vice President to investigate the way some Local Government areas in the state were managing the scheme.
The Special Adviser to Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Laolu Akande had in recent reports stated that the 200,000 unemployed youths across the 36 state and FCT had been posted to their respective places of work.
He said that those employed will start work and receive their stipend from December 1st.
But those who spoke at different locations on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital though commended the federal government’s efforts to employ 200,000 youths in the first batch of the employment scheme, lamented the way some Local Government councils in the state were managing the scheme.
One of them who identified herself as Yinka said she was surprised that in Lagelu Local Government area, Iyana Offa, there was no one to attend to them during the submission of their credentials except serving NYSC corps members who asked unnecessary questions from them.
She said “How can serving corpers be given the task of screening us, when some of us have graduated even before some of them got admission? It is very ridiculous that in Lagelu local government area, it is the serving corpers that are screening us, it is like when you say the children should screen their parents. Very bad.”
She said “Even though, we have submitted our details, up till now we have not been called, placed or posted to where we are suppose to work.
“Even, the process is too cumbersome; they ask for unnecessary documents such as NEPA bill and National ID card. What does NEPA bill has to do with verification when they have seen our names and other things on their list. They have the list already, do they need to ask for NEPA bill before they screen us?”
Another beneficiary in Akinyele Local Government area, who simply gave her first name as Kehinde, a graduate of The Polytechnic Ibadan, said “Yes, we have submitted our print out, but up till now we have not been posted.
“What is worrisome is that the government said we have start to work, they promised that we will collect salary this month of December; I pray it works out, though, we have not heard anything from them.”
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