The Federal Government yesterday restated its commitment towards tackling high rate of unemployment in the country by developing special programmes for nonoil sectors of the economy.

Project Director, Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), Mr Dennis Chukwu, who spoke at the orientation training for interns in Abeokuta, said the current administration had placed premium on job creation and capacity development for Nigerian youths.

Chukwu, represented by the GIS Operations Officer, Emmanuel Eronwu, disclosed that no fewer than 41,161 graduates had already benefitted from the scheme with many of the beneficiaries given credit facilities and grants for business expansion.

It was at a three-day training tagged, “Orientation and employability skills training for interns and firms’ representatives in Ogun State”, organised by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Chukwu expressed concern over the nation’s unemployment indices and concluded that the expansion of the scheme would go a long way in addressing some of the attendant problems. According to him, the GIS was a platform for graduates to distinguish themselves so as to secure employment in organisations or become self-reliant.