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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto-
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the orientation ceremony for 46 graduates of The Advanced National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) to comenced The Advanced National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (A-NOAS) in Sokoto State.
NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the 46 graduates of the B-NOAS were drawn from the 23 Local Government Areas of the State
Flagging off the orientation in the State’s NDE office, the Acting Director General of NDE, Mal Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, said the scheme was geared towards giving participants the skills to become employers of labour and further helped in reducing unemployment.
Represented by The Sokoto State’s Coordinator of NDE, Mrs Eunice Danmalam, explained that the A-NOAS programme would enlighten perticipants with modern methods of service delivery in specific trades, sharpen their skills using advanced technology available in Industries and corporate outfits.
The NDE DG also added that the A-NOAS would further help graduates of B-NOAS to be more marketable, through various employment opportunities which would help in reducing societal crimes such as kidnapings, prostitution, drug addiction as well as child trafficking amongst others.
“I am glad to inform you that the capacity of the NDE as the leading Federal Government Agency in skill acquisition, job creation, employment generation and poverty reduction in Nigeria has once again been demonstrated”.
“Today, we are flagging off the training of 46 graduates of our B-NOAS into A-NOAS training in the 23 LGA of Sokoto State, in various vocational skills such as welding, handset repairs, motorcycles repairs, knitting, fashion design, computer appreciation and hair dressing.The training is at no cost what so ever”, he said.
Speaking on behalf of others, a beneficiaries, Malam Aliyu Abubakar Makama thanked the NDE for its foresight even as he noted that sustaining such scheme would go a long way in reducing unemployments in Nigeria.
On her part, Fatimah Mustapha, who noted that the programme renders some sought of assitance to the family, urged other female participants to show more dedication to the scheme rather than being a redundant housewife.