Col. Enibukun Oyewole (Rtd), the Commandant, Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES), has disclosed that Master's degree holders and Law graduates are among those employed by the scheme as cleaners.
Oyewole, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that the scheme placed much emphasis on the dignity of labour.
NAN recalls that Gov. Rauf Aregbesola had on March 5, inaugurated 20,000 youths as volunteers into the scheme in Ede, near Osogbo.
He said then that idea of the scheme was not just employment, but the need for attitudinal change for youths to embrace the virtues of hard work, humility and discipline.
Oyewole said that although the scheme was designed to provide menial jobs to reduce the rate of unemployment, all categories of graduates applied for the job.
He explained that the scheme had provisions for other areas as greening, traffic control, paramedics, maintenance and rebuilding of infrastructure but it laid emphasis on environmental sanitation for now.
The commandant said that among those the scheme engaged to sweep streets and drain gutters were first and second degree holders including graduates of Statistics and Law.
According to him, the fact that many of the volunteers are well educated has contributed immensely to the success of the programme.
NAN