The Niger State Government on Wednesday said after employing over 8,000 holders of National Certificate of Education, Higher National Diploma and University degrees, it still has well over 38,000 unemployed graduates on the waiting list.
The state Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, said this when he received the Director of Education Corps of the Nigeria Air Force, Air Commodore Sani Naiya, at the Government House in Minna.
Aliyu said government will appreciate assistance from private organisations in employing some of the graduates.
Aliyu, who decried the high unemployment rate of graduates, said any opportunity provided by individuals and corporate organizations to reduce the figure will be welcomed by the government.
The governor, who was responding to the remark by Naiya that the NAF school built in Minna by the Niger State Government but donated to the Force, said the school will employ teachers and non teaching staff from the locality.
He pledged to cooperate with the Force to achieve its objective.
He promised to assist NAF in the fencing of the school and construction of access roads, which has made accessibility to the institution, especially during the rainy season, difficult.
He directed the Niger State Transport Authority to include the school in its route for the movement of students and teachers.
Earlier, Naiya had appreciated the state government for constructing and donating the school to the Force.
He assured Aliyu that the ratio of enrolment and recruitment of pupils and students into the school will be in favour of the state.
Naiya said Nigeria Air Force schools are noted for maintaining high educational standards, which has resulted in students of the school winning many national and international laurels.
He said such standards will be set in the school in Minna.