What You Need To Know About The New FG Job Creation Portal (NELEX)

What You Need To Know About The New FG Job Creation Portal (NILEX) - The Nelex Programme portal which the Federal Government endorsed the launch of work and occupation creation portal for the jobless Nigerians living in the nation and in abroad some years ago 2022 has now been launched.

The National Electronic Labour Exchange (NELEX) project is an innovative platform which is designed to evolve a database of employable Labour in the Country so as to facilitate the job exchange functions of the Ministry of Labour.

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Though the portal has been in existence over the years but they have now able to expand it on a bilateral, multilateral agreement which funds was provided. And they have redesigned it, remodeled it, and upgraded the infrastructure.

On NELEX website, you can get the right type of candidate. Our database comprises of employed and unemployed persons that are active searching for work.

Employers and Licenced Private Employment Agencies are allowed to mine through the abundant human capital resources available to arrive at the best mix of job seekers to fill that job vacancy.

NELEX create a competitive environment for effective job recruitment in the country and facilitate economic plans of the Federal Government by providing real time information on employment rates.

NELEX provides reliable database of employable labour, give tools for international labour migration exercise

NELEX provides platform for the Ministry of Labour and Productivity to update job seekers on job creation activities and areas of opportunities in business

NELEX provides advice on skill demand thereby creating a link between employer needs and skills supply, give employers

According to the Ministry of labour and productivity Minister, the platform had not been developed over time and could not take stress of the number of people wanting to go into it, stressing that the digital platform was supposed to be used by employers on one hand and job seekers on the other.

He said, “The employers will come in and load the vacancy they have, the type of skill they want, the qualifications of people that can fit in there.

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Then the job seekers those who are looking for job, graduates, non-graduates will register, put in the qualification, put in their skill and what you can do and then the two groups are matched. The employer can speak with a job seeker, via that platform.