The Federal Government has queued into the thriving global outsourcing market which has grossed almost $350 billion for seven top countries that engaged in it, with a view to tapping into its huge job opportunities for the nation’s teeming youths.

Accordingly, Vice President Kashim Shettima will on Monday, in Gombe State, launch the Outsource To Nigeria Initiative (OTNI),  a private sector-led, government-enabled programme anchored by the Office of the Vice President.

It is designed to create jobs in the business process and technology-enabled outsourcing sector.

The Initiative is part of efforts and determination to actualise the agenda of President Tinubu’s administration on job creation.

Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (Office of the Vice President), Ibrahim Hadejia, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja, noted that OTNI, when successfully rolled out across the country, will be the fastest way to achieving job security for Nigeria’s teeming youths.

He said the Office of the Vice President is supporting the initiative because of the huge job opportunities in the thriving global outsourcing market, which grossed almost 350 billion dollars in 2023 for the seven top countries that engaged in it.

The Deputy Chief of Staff urged other state governors to emulate Gombe and leverage the opportunity created by the OTNI launch to provide good jobs for youths in their respective states.

For her part, the founder and Chief Executive Office of Outsource Global, Amal Hassan, said the launch of OTNI on March 4simultaneously in Gombe, Abuja and Kaduna will mark a turning point in Nigeria’s business process and outsource sector.

She disclosed that based on the requirements of the domestic and international markets, the initiative will aggregate all the talents in a Worknation platform and then provide capacity building based on the needs of the international market.

It will further set up centers of excellence, engage in international global branding and communication aimed at showcasing the strengths and the capabilities of Nigerian talents and also the deployment of the trainees to work in the international market and even the domestic market

With OTNI expected to promote the outsourcing industry in Nigeria and create meaningful employment opportunities in the short and long term for youths with unique skill sets across different sectors, no fewer than 1,000 Nigerians in Gombe State will be gainfully employed after the training of participants.