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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.