Commission Trains over 150 Nomadic Youths, Women in Skills Acquisition

The National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) has trained 150 nomadic youths and women across Anambra, Delta, Katsina, Osun, Yobe and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on livestock production, Hair Dressing and Fashion design.

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The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Professor Bashir Usman mentioned during 3-day capacity training on Tuesday in Kaduna that the training will play a vital role in addressing food security and youths restiveness in the country.

Represented by the Director Extension Education and Skills Development, NCNE, Abdul Umar Ardo said “empowering youths and women is the means through which they are assisted to succeed in life and having the opportunity to develop the ability they need to become role models who can influence their communities and earn a living for socio-economic and sustainable livelihoods development”.

Adding that, Youths and women empowerment is of importance to both nations and the empowered. With youths and women empowerment, the future prosperity of nations is secured because these are the people that are future entrepreneurs of any nation.

While continued that “When they are empowered, through need based skills, their societies become a good place for all to live. As they will assist in the economic activities of the society they find themselves and in turn, both families and the entire nation benefits”.

According to him “The commission’s initiative of empowering youths and women through Vocational Education and Value Orientation can go a long way in reducing poverty percentage of many rural societies, reduce restiveness, social vices such as cattle rustling, kidnapping, raping, rural banditry, that destruct lives and properties”.

“Empowerment with skills and acquisition training are basically to ensure poverty eradication, good education standard, job creation, good governance, security/crime reduction, national growth, technological development and employment, wealth creation and self-reliance”.

He therefore urged the participants to be more determined in ensuring that 3.5 million out-of-school nomadic children are enrolled in schools, he said.

He however concluded by appealing to Kaduna State Government and other States in the Country to provide adequate teachers and infrastructure for Nomadic Primary Schools as well as include the training of Nomadic Youths in their programmes.