LAFIA – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa State said on Friday that it would train 50 women on how to use local fabrics to make fashionable shoes and bags.
The organisation said the scheme was designed to make the beneficiaries to become self reliant and employers.
Mr Monday Dalyop, the state Coordinator of NDE, said this in Lafia while declaring open a two-week skill acquisition training programme organised for women in the state.
He said: “NDE came in to existence in 1986, saddled with the responsibilities of training people especially the youths and women in different skills acquisition programmes in the country in order to be self reliant and to contribute their quota to national development.
“There is high rate of unemployment in which the situation has degenerated to anti-social activities such as violent crimes, insecurity, armed robbery, drug and human trafficking, among others. [eap_ad_1] “Today’s programme is designed to train and empower 50 women on the use of local fabrics in the making of modern fashionable shoes and bags in order to make them to be self reliant and to enable them contribute their quota to national development.”
According to him, it is better for government to teach one how to catch fish than to give one fish to eat.
The coordinator advised youths against waiting for white collar jobs and embrace skills acquisition for the overall development of the country.
Dalyop renewed the commitment of the directorate to initiate more people’s oriented programmes in order to tackle unemployment, youth restiveness and poverty in the state.
On his part, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, the Director-General of the NDE, commended the Federal Government for initiating programmes aimed at fighting unemployment and poverty in the country.
Mohammed, who was represented by Mrs Carol Godswill, urged the trainees to take advantage of the programme to sharpen their knowledge, saying the exercise was free of charge.
The Chairman of the occasion and General Manager, Alhaji Ibrahim Adamu, Nasarawa State Vocational and Relevant Technology Board, pledged the state government support to address unemployment, youth restiveness and poverty.
Responding on behalf of other beneficiaries, Miss Cynthia Agu, thanked NDE for organising the programme and promised to use the skills to contribute their quota to national development. (NAN)
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