120
youths in the Federal Capital Territory have commenced a 6-month
training of the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) under
the Vocational Skills Development Department of the National
Directorate of Employment (NDE).
The beneficiaries, drawn from the six area councils of the FCT are to undergo training in eight different skills including shoe and bag making, tailoring, aluminum fabrication, photo and video coverage, computer appreciation, interior decoration, catering and hair dressing.
Addressing the trainees at the orientation workshop to flag-off the exercise, the Director General of the NDE, Malam Abubakar Mohammed, said the exercise is aimed at preparing the beneficiaries towards unlocking and discovering the innate abilities in them for excellence.
The director general, represented by the Coordinator, NDE-FCT, Lady Edna Ofordile, said the skills acquisition programme is focused mainly at the teeming unemployed youths who have no marketable skills for self-employment.
“The skills acquisition programme under the vocational skills development department is a continuation of our statutory functions that would in this instance cater for 120 unemployed youths in eight trades that are considered short duration, which can be achieved in the six months,” he added.
He said the skills were carefully selected in view of their capacity to launch the recipients into self-employment with little equipment and capital, expressing optimism that the exercise will adequately equip them with technical and entrepreneurial skills for wealth creation.
One of the trainees, Simon Jeremiah, said his choice of fashion designing for the training was informed by his passion for fashion, coupled with its prominence in the society, even as he planned to further his studies with the proceeds from the business at the end of the training.
The beneficiaries, drawn from the six area councils of the FCT are to undergo training in eight different skills including shoe and bag making, tailoring, aluminum fabrication, photo and video coverage, computer appreciation, interior decoration, catering and hair dressing.
Addressing the trainees at the orientation workshop to flag-off the exercise, the Director General of the NDE, Malam Abubakar Mohammed, said the exercise is aimed at preparing the beneficiaries towards unlocking and discovering the innate abilities in them for excellence.
The director general, represented by the Coordinator, NDE-FCT, Lady Edna Ofordile, said the skills acquisition programme is focused mainly at the teeming unemployed youths who have no marketable skills for self-employment.
“The skills acquisition programme under the vocational skills development department is a continuation of our statutory functions that would in this instance cater for 120 unemployed youths in eight trades that are considered short duration, which can be achieved in the six months,” he added.
He said the skills were carefully selected in view of their capacity to launch the recipients into self-employment with little equipment and capital, expressing optimism that the exercise will adequately equip them with technical and entrepreneurial skills for wealth creation.
One of the trainees, Simon Jeremiah, said his choice of fashion designing for the training was informed by his passion for fashion, coupled with its prominence in the society, even as he planned to further his studies with the proceeds from the business at the end of the training.
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