The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman has dislcosed plan by the federal government to commence payment of a monthly stipends to unemployed graduates in the country.
The minister spoke on Monday while addressing a delegation of youths who visited him in his office.
His comment comes on the heels of the ongoing nationwide protest, predominantly by youths across the country over the economic hardship in the country.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday that the demands of the protesters are already being adrressed.
According to Mamman, graduates in the country will now be paid some money until they are able to secured jobs, as part of the Tinubu administration plan for them to fight poverty, adding that most laudable policies of the adminsitration have been under-reported by the media.
“The government has committed a certain allowance for every unemployed graduate in Nigeria. This is very important for graduates and every Nigerian to know,” he said.
President Tinubu on Sunday said he has approved an additional N40 billion to be disbursed under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to assist students in the tertiary institutions.
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