The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Wednesday started training 420 unemployed youths on various skills under its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme.
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has stated that the aim of the Federal Government Extended Special Public Works Programme, ESPW, was to shield the most vulnerable from the ravaging effects of Covid-19 pandemic which include but not limited to, pervasive hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and joblessness.
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced training of 880 youths in Kano State on its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS).
NDE trains 880 youth in Kano on open apprenticeship
NDE says at the end of the three months training, the trainees will be provided with tools to establish their own businesses.
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National Directorate of Employment(NDE) has begun training of 880 youth in Kano State on its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS).
Speaking at the ceremony, the acting NDE Director-General, Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo, said the training was aimed at equipping youth with skills to make them self-reliant.
Mr Nuhu-Fikpo, who was represented at the event by the Chief Vocational Development Officer, NDE, Shitu Abubakar, said 20 trainees were selected from each of the 44 local government areas of the state.