NDE Trains 1000 Unemployed In Daura
By Akwashiki Abiola
Abuja
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) said it has empowered one thousand unemployed Nigerians comprising youths and women in Daura, Katsina State
The directorate in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja
explained that the beneficiaries who were trained in different job driven skills, received their empowerment packs on Friday, 4 February, 2022.
The statement signed by NDE Deputy Director Press/ Public Relations, Mr Edmund Onwuliri, said the event which held at the palace of Emir of Daura was chaired by Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari.
Speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment who is also the supervising Minister of the NDE and Chairman of its board, Festus Kiyamo, said that the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari will do everything possible to arrest the unemployment situation in the country.
He also reiterated his confidence in NDE’s ability to proliferate the country with job creation driven skills, he enjoined beneficiaries of government loans in the country to make good use of the opportunities and bail themselves out of unemployment.
On his part, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, who graced the occasion as the chief guest of honour, praised the Director-General of the NDE for religiously aligning the programmes of the Directorate with the policies of the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari who he said is determined to stamp-out unemployment especially among youths and women groups.
According to the Transport Minister, the disbursed equipment will go a long way in job creation and poverty alleviation. He also stated that the transportation sector in Nigeria today has created over two million jobs in 2021 alone.
The Director-General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, in his addressed stated that the empowerment exercise is part of the desperate efforts and plans of the Federal Government to rescue Nigerians from the claws of the unemployment monster plaguing the nation.
He further said the empowerment programme will be executed nationwide.
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The DG further appealed to unemployed Nigerians across the federation to avail themselves of the rare job opportunities being presented by the NDE.
The empowerment tools distributed comprises Sewing Machines, Computers, Knitting Machines and Catering Equipment.
In another development, the Directorate re-launched its skill acquisition programmes and schemes in Katsina State, in a bid to ensure that more unemployed Nigerians in the State are accommodated in the ongoing job creation empowerment programme.