The Federal
Government has disclosed plans to recruit 5,000 unemployed Nigerians in the
Federal Capital Territory under the Basic Registry and Information System in
Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme.
Dr Anthony
Uwa, the Head of BRISIN implementation in Nigeria, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that more Nigerians would be recruited after
the pilot phase.
BRISIN is an
integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information
to support the management of the economy.
Uwa said the
system aimed at bringing developmental and economic growth in the country
through the use of data collection of people and other relevant information.
“The data
received will be used to plan for the management of the nation’s resources,’’
he said.
According to
Uwa, since BRISIN covers all aspect of the economy, the recruitment is not
restricted to a particular field or discipline.
He however,
said the implementation would commence with the social welfare, an aspect of
the project, with special attention to disability data bank.
“We are
giving attention to social welfare and building the disability data bank to
attain the actual number of disabled people in the FCT.
“We are
recruiting 5,000 people out of which 200 will be sent to Italy for training on
various aspect of the project and they will be the trainees’ trainers.
“They will
be trained mainly on the use of data on every aspect of economic management
with attention to health, education, economic monitoring, fiscal and revenue
control, migration and human trafficking.
“BRISIN
recruitment cuts across all cadres, from school certificate to PHD holders so
the recruitment is not restricted.
“The
recruitment will be published on e-transact by next week, the portal will be
opened for about six weeks and the public will be sensitised on how to access
and fill the form through the portal.
“Also, the
5000 people we are recruiting does not mark the end of BRISIN recruitment but
just a pilot phase, as we start from FCT we will train those to work in other
states,’’ Uwa said.
On the funding,
he said a budget had already been allocated to the project but being that it
was small, a BRISIN international Foundation was established to help source
fund to supplement government effort.
“The budget
is small so we have to look for donors from well-meaning Nigerians, corporate
organisations and international donors so we do not depend on government funds
alone.
“With this
foundation, we want to see those claiming to love Nigeria come and donate
generously to the implementation.
“When this
is fully implemented, it will reduce the risk of Nigerians that engage on
illegal migration, so this foundation is as important as BRISIN itself.”
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