NASENI Launches Shoemaking, Tailoring Training for Ife Youths
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched a skill acquisition training program in modern shoemaking and tailoring for youths in Ife, Osun State, South-west Nigeria.
The three-day intensive training, which started on Monday, July 8, and concludes on Wednesday, July 10, is being held at the NASENI Skill Acquisition Centre in Ife Federal Constituency, Osun State.
The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NASENI, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, represented by the Director of Manufacturing Services, Engineering Infrastructure Directorate, Engr. Olayode Adesola Olasupo stated that the program aims to equip participants with hands-on experience in modern tailoring and shoemaking techniques.
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Halilu emphasised that NASENI, as a Federal Government agency under the Presidency, is tasked with developing a dynamic science and engineering infrastructure base to achieve home-initiated and home-sustained industrialisation in Nigeria.
“To achieve this mandate, developing critical skills is essential, which is why we have established NASENI Skill Acquisition Centres across Nigeria. I am pleased to announce that the NASENI Skill Acquisition Centre in Ife Federal Constituency, where we are today, is the first of its kind in Osun State,” he said.
Halilu added that the training at the Centre aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda, aimed at ending poverty, creating jobs, and growing the economy.
