The Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that the Federal Government is interested
in devolution of powers to states.
Ngige stated this while speaking
at the first graduation of the Abia State Education for Employment Programme
(E4E) in Umuahia.
“We should give states
opportunity to go into mining, agro-processing among others so that they would
be able to develop on their own.
“Today, nobody needs to tell us
that things are hard; we are where we are today as a country because we failed
to plan,” he said.
According to him, “Some people
think that devolution of powers to states is the same as disintegration, no, it
has to do with building yourselves.”
The Minister also commended the
initiative of the Abia State government, in creating the programme which
equipped 472 people with various skills.
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