DFID to create 30,000 jobs in Nigeria

12 states in Nigeria are to benefit from
the Department For International
Development’s, (DFID); Growth and
Employment in States Business (GEMS3)
programs aimed at creating 30,000 jobs
by 2015.
The Project Manager of the DFID GEMS3,
Alexandra Mehnaz, stated this yesterday
in Lokoja during the GEMS3 – Business
Environment Focus Group Discussion
workshop for women entrepreneurs
facilitated by the Office of the Special
Adviser to the State Government on
Youths and Women Advancement.
”The aim of the focus group discussion is
to understand the issues and concerns of
women entrepreneurs by stimulating a
robust discussion on issues of business
growth. The outcome of the workshop will
feed into the GEMS3 intervention in land,
tax and investment reforms already
ongoing in the state,” Mehnaz said.
”GEMS3 is targeting 695,000 people to
experience an increase in incomes by
2015; 250,000 of which must be women.”