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NYSC honours awardees to train 20,000 youths on skills acquisition.

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The National Association of President’s Nation­al Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honours Awardees has concluded plans to train and empower 20,000 youths in skills acquisition training.

President of the association, Mr. Simeon Oladele, who made this known in Abuja, said the training, which will be carried out in partnership with the National Directorate on Employment (NDE), is a direct support to the Federal Government’s efforts to diversify the economy.

He said: “In line with the government commitment to diversify the economy and reduce youth dependence on non-existing white collar jobs, the association is organizing skills acquisition training and empowerment for 20,000 youths.

“The first phase of the train­ing is expected to kick-off on 9 November, 2016 with the training of Internally Dis­placed Persons in Wassa camp, FCT-Abuja.”

Oladele also called on members of the association, which he said are over 1000, to take advantage of this year’s national conference scheduled for 11 November to contribute their quotas in proffering solution to the many problems besetting the nation.

“Following the economic and social crisis that our dear country is grossly faced with, which is not only Nigerian problem but a global phenom­enon, we know that our fellow awardees who are competent professionals in their various fields of endeavours are capa­ble of diagnosing our nation’s surmountable challenges.

“Every state of the federa­tion is duly represented in the association, which gives us an unmistakable picture of the Nigerian problems and their solutions,” he said.

Akwa Ibom Govt. sponsors 100 youths to Israel for skill acquisition

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Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has sponsored 100 youths from the 31 local government areas of the state to the 2015 youth pilgrimage.

This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Celestine Ogugua, the Head of Media, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

Udom, according to the statement, charged the youths to explore the possibility of skill acquisition and to uphold high ethical standard in the holy land.

It said that the governor advised the youths to avail themselves of the various opportunities available, adding that their conduct, would determine whether other youths would be sponsored to participate in subsequent trainings offered by the Israeli Government.

“As future leaders of the state, it became imperative for the youths to be exposed to other knowledge relevant to technological advancement in the global market,’’ the statement quoted Udom as saying.

The statement further said that the governor disclosed that the Federal Government Training programmes for youths on power generation, distribution and transmission were under way.

It said that Mr. John-Kennedy Okpara, the NCPC Executive Secretary, commended the governor for laying a solid foundation for the youths by giving them the opportunity.

Opara said that knowledge transfer was imperative in the present era of modern technology, where the world had become a global family.

He urged the pilgrims to justify the huge investment on them by utilising the knowledge gained to promote the economic well-being of the state.

He also charged other pilgrims on good conduct and to pray for themselves and the country while in the holy land.

NCPC boss further assured the pilgrims that the commission’s officials as well as officials of the Nigerian embassy in Israel would facilitate and provide the needed services and assistance to them.

“The beauty of the family pilgrimage is that it accommodates families, both young and old and gives them the opportunity to pray together in the holy land and it is fully self-sponsored,’’ he said.

(NAN)