The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Thursday, commenced a vocational skills training programme for 880 women and youths in Kano State.
Its Coordinator in the state, Alhaji Idris Sani said at opening of the programe in Kaduna that the exercise was being conducted under Basic National Open Apprenticeship scheme (B-NOAS).
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He said that 20 trainees were selected from each of the 44 local government areas of the state.
Sani disclosed that male participants would be trained in solar and satellite installations, computer repairs, welding and shoe making, among others.
He added that females trainees would be trained in tailoring, fashion design, interior decoration, knitting and catering, among others.
The coordinator further said that the trainees would be attached to master trainers who would coach them on the vocational skills for a period of three months.
Sani said that the trainees would be given loans to set up their own businesses after the programne.
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”They will be expected to pay back the loans within three years. The essence is to make them self-reliant.
”So, they need to take the programne seriously by paying attention to their instructors and taking notes,” he said.
Speaking at the event, Mrs Bilkisu Ibrahim, an officer from NDE national headquarters, said that the directorate had plans for all category of unemployed persons.
”White collar jobs are no longer available, our youth need to embrace vocational skills to make themselves self-reliant.
”Every unemployed person should contact the directorate for vocational skills training. They need to have something doing,” she said.
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Speaking on behalf of the participants, Halima Yanusa, commended the directorate for the gesture.
She expressed the commitment of the participants to take the exercise seriously.
