Skills acquisition: FG sets up 39 centres across the country

The Federal government has so far established  thirty-nine functional Skills acquisition training centres across the country.

The Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Abubakar Mohammed disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Essien Udim, Akwa Ibom state

Mohammed said plans are underway to establish at least one skills acquisition centre in each of the 774 local government areas, to train youths on skills techniques.

He added that so far, the NDE had trained 16,475 artisans/technicians and most of them had been gainfully employed, and were contributing to national growth.

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, who commissioned the centre, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to creating jobs for youths in the country, saying they will use job creation to confront the challenge of insecurity in the country.
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He disclosed that the government is also making policies to reduce and eliminate poverty, and has targeted the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Scheme Programme (SURE-P) at creating jobs for 370,000 youths.


In a message to the occassion,Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, who was represented by Nsima Ekere, said that the problem of developing countries was how to create jobs for the teeming population.

Noting that government alone cannot create the needed jobs, he called on the private sector to be involved in helping young people to acquire skills.

The centre is expected to train 450 youths across the three senatorial districts of districts of the state.

                               culled:Dailytimesng