Some 30 youths drawn from the 21 local government areas of Anambra state, south eastern Nigeria, are currently undergoing training on Environmental Beautification scheme designed by the National Directorate of Employment, NDE.
The aim is to equip them with the required knowledge to establish and grow businesses in the sector, whole creating jobs for others.
NDE said the choice of the specialised training on Soft landscaping, Hard landscaping and POP was a carefully designed initiative to align the participants with the current demands of the general economic activities of the society.
Speaking during the orientation ceremony in Awka recently, the State Coordinator of NDE, Mrs Chika Ufelle said the Environmental Beautification Training Scheme,EBTS, would impact specialised and marketable skills on the targeted unemployed youths, “better equipping them and enhance their chances of being employed or becoming entrepreneurs.”
The Coordinator also said the training would run for a period of 3 months and would equip the participants with the necessary skills that will enable them to succeed in their various chosen trades.
She noted; “Adequate logistics and enough preparation have been made for the smooth take off of the programme in the state. Therefore, attendance is compulsory as failure might lead to removal from the programme and the monthly stipend forfeited.
“EBTS participants will be trained in interlocking, brick molding, kerb making, concrete rings, POP among others. I enjoin all the participants to take advantage of this training to acquire good marketable skills that will sustain them, their generation and the Nigeria society at large.
” I invite all categories of the unemployed in our society, including those about to retire to come, embrace and benefit from the vast experience of the programmes which NDE developed over the years.”
Ufelle further appealed to other stakeholders including state governments, local governments, affluent members of the society among others to partner with the NDE in tackling unemployment especially with resettling the beneficiaries.
One of the beneficiaries appreciated the Director General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, for his role in making the training possible, promising that they (beneficiaries) will reciprocate the gesture by being puntual and attentive throughout the training period.
Hauwa Abu
