In addition to employment opportunities created through the Economic Sustainability Plan and job schemes being implemented under the Social Investment Programme, among others, the Buhari administration in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and other private sector partners will launch a 20,000 yearly graduate job fellowship to be called the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme, […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, announced that the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NFJP) is a government collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the European Union (EU). Private sector partners of the programme include BUA, Dangote, VISA Nigeria, Outsource Global, GE Gas and Power, Lafarge Africa, SecureID, Microsoft, among others. The fully-paid internship is billed to last for 12 months, with beneficiaries posted to reputable private and public sector organisations. Osinbajo said the programme will help equip young Nigerians with skills and experience required for the work place. We are resolute in our determination to make the needed difference, and rebuild the confidence of our young people in the ability of their government to rise to the occasion and guarantee a future that is better and more prosperous than the past, the VP said.
Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 3 June 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
The 2021 hurricane season in the Latin America and Caribbean region – which officially began on 1 June – is expected to be above average, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projecting 13-20 named storms in the Atlantic. Between 6 and 10 of those potential storms could become hurricanes, including 3-5 major hurricanes of category 3 strength or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Between 2016 and 2020, some 27.1 million people were affected by storm- and flood-induced disasters in Central America and the Caribbean, a more than sixfold increase compared with the previous five years (2011-2015).
OCHA’s Regional Office is working with Resident Coordinators’ offices in the Caribbean and Central America and the humanitarian community to prepare for the upcoming season. Specifically, technical work is being carried out in the fields of planning, information management, humanita
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