Interim government’s key focus to reduce unemployment: Nahid

The interim government's key focus is to reduce the unemployment in the country through employment generation, Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam said today (6 October).

"The main goal of the current government is to generate employment opportunity because the mass-uprising was crafted centring the issue," he said while a JICA delegation led by its Chief Representative ICHIGUCHI Tomohide, met him at his office.

During the meeting, ICHIGUCHI Tomohide told the adviser that Bangladesh is a country with great potential in the IT sector. 

However, there are no good job opportunities in the IT sector in Bangladesh, he said, adding, "We want to create new job opportunities in Bangladesh as well as train 1,000 IT engineers to utilise this potential of the country." 

"We welcome any JICA investment in job creation," said Nahid Islam, mentioning that if there is a specific proposal in this regard, it will be considered by the government. 

He also commented that the interim government expects more investment from Japan and JICA.

The JICA chief said that they are eager to work with the agendas like investment growth and public administration reform as well as infrastructure development. 

"In this regard, we want to extend cooperation to Bangladesh by using the experiences of different countries across the world," he said, mentioning that JICA is the second highest investor in Bangladesh.

The adviser said the interim government is trying to encourage private sector's investment by developing a business-friendly environment in the country, eliminating all obstacles. 

Posts and Telecommunications Division Secretary Dr Md Mushfiqur Rahman, ICT Secretary Sheesh Haider Chowdhury, JICA Bangladesh Senior Representative Takashi Komori, Representative Kukkami Minami and JICA Expert Akihiro Shoji were present, among others.