On assuming office in 2003, The Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, recognized employment creation as a major challenge of his government if he must reduce poverty and set the stage for the State’s economic growth.

Majority of young people and women, a critical segment of the State’s population were largely unemployed. This has resulted in pervasive poverty, which had started to push up the crime rate in the otherwise very peaceful State. Therefore, creating opportunities for youth employment is not only an issue of reducing poverty, but also that of improving security.

The dwindling resources of the State in the face of expanding needs in capital and recurrent commitments has made further recruitment in the public service a very limited option. Therefore, locating new opportunities for employment of youths and women, both educated and uneducated, became a major challenge to creativity and innovation.