The Kwara Government has commenced the registration of unemployed youths across the 16 local government areas under a new employment initiative.

Alhaji Saka Babatunde, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Empowerment, announced this on Wednesday in Ilorin.

He said the youths, to be employed under a public works scheme, would be engaged in sanitation, tree planting, road clearing and traffic control in line with Federal Government’s Subsidy Re-Investment Programme (SURE-P).

The special assistant called on interested youths to register with the coordinators in their respective local government areas, adding that religious leaders and other stakeholders would also be involved in the recruitment exercise.

Babatunde further said that 50 corps members under the Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme (KWABES) were laid off for absenteeism.

He also said the state government was partnering with relevant federal agencies to engage unemployed youths in the state.

Babatunde urged government agencies in the state to declare vacancies where it existed with a view to employing more youths under KWABES.