In Its continuous effort to tackle unemployment through the development of vocational skills among the teaming unemployed youths in the Country, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) carries out disbursement of empowerment items to unemployed persons in Kogi .
The affected persons were those who participated under the 93,731 jobs creation initiative of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu led Administration with start-up equipments and tools in Kogi State.
The State Coordinator, Mrs. Ilebaye Christiana Ochimana, who spoke during the closing ceremony, representative of the Director General of NDE, H.E Silas Ali Agara said the programme serves as an enablement for its skilled participants who have shown their commitments in the course of the training, to put into practice the knowledge acquired for self reliance, employment generation, wealth creation, poverty reduction and moreso, become employers of labour.
The supervisor/facilitator of the programme from NDE Headquarters, Abuja at the empowerment ceremony, Mr. Fagbohun Samson Busuyi charged beneficiaries to be enterprising, look inward, employ creativity and innovation in their respective endeavours to attract high patronage.
The representative of the People Living with Disabilities (PWD) and Training Centre Manager PWD Mr. Ibrahim Daniel Arome on his part told beneficiaries that NDE’s vision is ‘Jobs for All’, urging them to support the Directorate’s drive to accomplish its mission by making judicious use of the items for maximum productivity.
The Head of Store Unit in the State, Mr. Omonile Joseph, in a welcome address called on beneficiaries to embrace the golden opportunity being offered them by the Federal Government to earn a living and also boost the Nation’s economy.
He urged them to consider it as a means to an end. According to him, “Dangote started from somewhere and with determination today he is a reference point and a captain of industries.
Responding on behalf of other beneficiaries Mr. Jamiu Tijani appreciated the Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the uncommon intervention targeted at the downtrodden in the country.