The nagging problem of unemployment and the undesirable
functioning of the State air carrier company (Camair-Co) were brought to the
fore at the Senate during a question-answer plenary sitting chaired by the
Senate President, Marcel Niat Njifenji last Thursday April 7, 2016 in Yaounde.
The inability of the National Employment Fund and the still to
be desired services of the national air carrier characterized by delays and
cancellation of flights without prior information were some of the concerns
that were put forth through oral questions to the Minister of Employment and
Vocational Training, Zacharie Perevet and his colleague of Transport, Edgard
Alain Mebe Ngo'o respectively.
Responding to the question raised by Senator Pierre Flambeau
Ngayap, the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training stated that the
National Employment Fund lacks the means to satisfy more than the 100,000 job
seekers who knock at its doors yearly.
Zacharie Perevet said
since the creation of the institution in 1990, it has placed about 500,000 job
seekers on jobs through its cardinal four roles of training, information,
support to youths and intermediary between employers and job seekers. The
problem of unemployment, he added, is not only akin to Cameroon but a
preoccupation of many governments. The inadequate financial resources of the
structure, he maintained, limits it to only about 60,000 job placements
annually.