Government has no responsibility creating jobs for its citizens.
Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said this Tuesday morning on Arise News Television programme ‘The Morning Show’.
Adesida said the government is only to create an enabling environment for job creation, adding that the private sector is the one that creates jobs.
Adesina denied that Buhari promised to create 3 million jobs, adding that the president did not give a number, saying “What I recall was that President Buhari gave the per cent of joblessness in the country. I wouldn’t recall that he gave a specific figure for the number of jobs we are creating. For all you know, that may have come from anywhere.
“Regard as it may, it is the job and the duty of the government to create an enabling environment for jobs in the country. It is not the government itself that creates jobs. All it does is to create an enabling environment.
“Most of the jobs you need in a country would come from the private sector. As long as you have an enabling environment, it is the private sector that will create the jobs.”
He, however, said Buhari has achieved in all sectors including oil and gas, infrastructure, legislative matters, and security.
