Nigeria
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2002; 2ND revision in 2017
- Is the NEP under revision?
- Yes
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Other
- Yes
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- Yes
- Decent work
- -
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- -
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The goal of the National Employment Policy is to create the enabling environment for productive and employment-intensive growth in Nigeria.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- National employment strategies:
1. Human Capital Development, Employability of Labour Force, Skills Acquisition and Application.
2. Private Sector Growth, Cooperatives, MSMEs and Job Creation in Nigeria.
3. Sectoral Value-Chains and Employment Generation in Nigeria.
4. Environmentally Friendly (Green) Jobs.
5. Labour-Based Public Work Projects.
6. Infrastructural Development.
7. Job Creation for Youth, Women and Disabled Persons.
8. Labour Migration and Employment Policy.
9. Macroeconomic Policy and Job Creation.
10. Decent Work Components.
11. Recruitment into Employment.
12. Strengthen Labour Inspection Service.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- Yes
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- Government shall use the N-Power Volunteer Corps to provide temporary employment for 500,000 graduates annually in education, agriculture, health and tax education. - The Federal Government through the FMLE shall establish a minimum of two (2) Community Employment Centers in all the 744 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country. - Government shall sustain the Conditional Cash Transfer to reach 1 million of the poorest and most vulnerable households as captured in the Social Register. - Government shall strengthen the school Feeding programme to provide a meal a day at least 6 million primary school children.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- Yes
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- The number of newly registered SMEs by Federal, State and Local Government Areas. - Increase in ease of business registration and streamlining of business regulations, rates and taxes. - Appreciable reduction in the level of unemployment among graduates of higher institutions of learning, and technical colleges. - Improved quality of technical and vocational education graduates. - Increased supply of the required skill set in the labour market. - Increase in wage employment in the private sector. - Increase formalization of the informal sector. - Reduction in youth unemployment across Nigeria. - Increase employment and participation of women in the labour force. - Increase wage employment and accommodation of qualified persons with disabilities in public and private sectors. - Increase in the creation of green and environmentally friendly jobs. - Establishment and maintenance of a reliable labour market information system. - Availability of an effective (contributory and non-contributory) social protection scheme for workers. - Safe work environment for workers. - Regulation and reduction of casualization of labour. - Availability and stable electric power supply. - Increased funding for the field operations and other activities of the FMLE essential for the coordination and effective implementation of the employment policy. - Financial access and inclusion for MSME with single digit lending rates. - Harmonization of various taxes and end to multiple taxation across states.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Older persons
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: the unemployed; poor, marginalized and excluded groups; workers living with HIV/AIDS; vulnerable groups; child labour.