Lagos Govt empowers 500,000 businesses with N10bn, creates jobs  for residents in eight years 

The Lagos State Government on Monday has announced plans to unveil a Labour Management Information System aimed at tackling unemployment in the state.

The system, which has been in production for a year, will be launched at the Lagos Employment Summit scheduled for July 3 at Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to the Acting Executive Secretary of Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), Feyisara Alayande, the initiative is designed to provide a platform for job seekers and employers to access employment data and connect with each other.

“We are launching a labour management information system.

“It’s a system that has been in production for a year. Our focal point is making sure that anybody who needs data around employment has a place to go.

“As a job seeker or employer, we call on everyone who wants a job or who wants to hire somebody to look out for us or go to the platform -labour management information system.”

Alayande also reiterated Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commitment towards empowering the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) community.

“The agency had disbursed N10 billion to SMEs, trained 220,000 people in various entrepreneurial skills, and supported 500,000 businesses across various sectors in the state,” she said.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, said the summit was in line with the developmental agenda of the government to create value and wealth.

He said it was also to scale up businesses in the state and urged residents to key into the programme.