By Aisha Gambo
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it had trained 96,000 youths and women on the art of cosmetology and other skills from January 2018 to date.
NDE Director General, Malam Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo made the disclosure during the NDE special day at the 42nd edition of the Kaduna international trade fair held on Saturday in Kaduna.
The DG who was represented by the Kaduna state coordinator of NDE, Alhaji Sani maiwada said that the directorate was the federal government apex agency charged with the mandate to formulate policies and programmes aimed at combating mass unemployment.
“As part of our effort to reduce joblessness, a total number of 13,000 graduates of the cosmetology trainees have been resettled with basic necessary equipment and start-up capital.
” It is the desire of the directorate to resettle more graduate trainees as soon as we get funds from the government “,he said.
He said that they collaborated with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its Agric,Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Scheme (AGMEIS) to access start-up capital for majority of its trained beneficiaries.
According to the DG, 5000 trained persons in agricultural skills per state would be able to access laon packages from CBN, adding that the directorate was playing a vital role in Skills for Jobs component of Youths Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).
He stated that the YESSO scheme was a tripartite arrangement between the World Bank/federal government and the states that is domiciled and implemented in NDE.
Nuhu-Fikpo implored unemployed youths to avail themselves of the numerous opportunities available through the programmes and activities of the NDE to create jobs for themselves and for other Nigerians.
Earlier, the minister of state labour and employment, Mr.Festus Keyamo stated that inspired by the numerous challenges faced by the government, it had achieved unprecedented achievement through NDE and other social investment programmes.
He said that some of the social investment programme were the empowerment of 774,000 youths from all the 774 local government areas of the nation, the N-power initiative, conditional cash transfers among others.
The minister who was represented by Mr.Sunday Daniel-Apakasa noted that it was high time the locally incubated industries are adequately patronized and given necessary support to deliver on the expectation of the Nigerian masses.
” We must acknowledge that the world acclaimed multinational of today started as small scale industries before they attained enviable heigh", he said.(NAN)
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Aregbesola says Yoruba Nation agitators are foolish and ignorant
The minister says Nigerians should advocate for better government instead of agitating for secession.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola says the southwest secessionist group agitating for the Yoruba Nation are foolish and ignorant.
The former Governor of Osun State said this on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at his 64th birthday celebration organised for him by the Awolowo Centre for Philosophy and Ideology, at Ijebu Jesa in Osun state.
Aregbesola warned that the agitation of the secessionist group could lead to a crisis that'll last for over 50 years if a war broke out.
He said, “My most important message for this gathering is to let you know that those advocating for the Yoruba nation are fools and ignorant of the consequences of their action. Nigeria is the reason the Western nations respect the Blackman globally.
“Maybe these secessionists did not know that if any crisis or war happens in Nigeria now, its fallout will linger for another 50 years. So we must guide this unity jealously. Although things are not perfect yet, I believe we should rather advocate better government rather than agitate for secession.”
Meanwhile, Yoruba Nation agitators led by Southwest political enforcer, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho took their rally to Ekiti state on Saturday.
While addressing the group, Igboho reiterated the need for the Oduduwa Republic in view of alleged lopsidedness in the distribution of resources and relegation of Yoruba to the background in Nigeria, Punch reports.
Igboho who addressed the crowd in Yoruba said, “Enough is enough. We must stand for our freedom because we have suffered enough. We are Yoruba people and we must not be slaves in our own land.
“We have all the natural resources, but the Fulani are the ones controlling them and heading almost all establishments. It is enough. We have a lot of our youths who are graduates but there are no jobs for them! That should not be the case. These are among the reasons we said it is enough.
“We are not going to work with them. If there is no referendum, we will not vote in 2023, that is the truth.”
Previous rallies of the Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan and Oyo State were scuttled as security operatives sealed the venue of the rallies.
But in Ekiti, the rally was successful as Igboho address the crowd of agitators amid the heavy security presence of the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Amotekun Corps.
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