The minister added that within the next one month, his ministry will begin work on the establishment of a fire fighting vehicles assembly and repairs plant in Katsina.
Sirika added that the plant which will cater for the whole country would be a source of employment for 2500 youth, adding that there was no government in the history of the country that supported the down trodden more than the present government.
Other works to be done at the airport, the minister disclosed include the repairs of runways and the perimeter fence.
By Awayi Kuje
Lafia, Jan. 21, 2021 The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has engaged 260 unemployed youths in Nasarawa State under its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) to make them self reliant.
The state Acting Coordinator of NDE, Mr Rotgak Go’ar, disclosed this during the orientation ceremony for the participants in Lafia on Thursday.
He said the gesture was in line with efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to provide employment for the teeming unemployed youths of the country.
He explained that the 260 trainees were drawn from Nasarawa state to undergo intensive three months training in sundry skill sets such as computer, barbing, hair dressing, fashion and design, among others.
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Fri Jan 22 2021
National Directorate of Employment ( NDE) has engaged 260 unemployed youths in Nasarawa State in its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme, B-NOAS.
State acting coordinator of NDE, Mr. Rotgak Goden Go’ar, who disclosed this in an address during the orientation ceremony for the participants in Lafia, said the gesture was in line with efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to provide employment for unemployed youths of the country.
Nuhu-Fikpo, represented by Malam Shitu Abubakar, Chief Vocational Development Officer, NDE, said 20 trainees were selected from each of the 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
He said that the trainees would be engaged in various skills acquisition programmes under the Vocational Skill Development (VSD) for three months.
“The programme is part of Federal Government’s programmes aimed at reducing unemployment in the country, it is designed for the unemployed, underemployed and the vulnerable people across the country,” he said.
He said that the training was also targeted at reducing the unemployment situation and youth restiveness in the country.
“The programme was supposed to have started in November 2020, but due to some reasons it was delayed until now,” Nuhu-Fikpo said.
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Buhari is determined to eradicate poverty DG, NDE
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By Festus Ahon, ASABA
DIRECTOR General of National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government was determined to eradicate poverty and unemployment in the country.
Fikpo, who stated this Asaba during the orientation ceremony of trainees of the Basic Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS), said; “there is no gainsaying the fact that the issue of unemployment has been a great concern to the federal government.
The Director-General who was represented by the Delta State Coordinator, Mr Anthony Olu, said; “continuously, the President has demonstrated clearly his determination to empower youths through the activities of NDE and other federal government agencies that have the constitutional responsibility of empowering youths and creating jobs”.