NAN-DS-9
Training
By Desmond Ejibas
Port Harcourt, May 25, 2017 (NAN) The Nigerian Air Force Officers Wives Association (NAFOWA), says it has commenced skills acquisition and vocational training for 150 indigent women and youths in Port Harcourt.
President of the Association, Hajiya Hafsat Abubakar, flagged-off the 5th edition of the exercise at the 97 Special Operations Group of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
She said that the beneficiaries would be trained on CCTV/Cable installation, computer, catering, shoe and bag making; event decoration and carpentry.
Other skills include, hair dressing, tailoring, soap production, make up, welding and fabrication, among others.
Abubakar pointed out that the 150 trainees were in addition to about 600 women and youths who received similar training in Maiduguri, Kaduna and Lagos states.
“This training programme is focused on empowering women and youths to enable them start small and medium scale businesses due to employment gap in our barracks.
“We noticed the urgent need to reduce idleness amongst our residents, women and youths to become gainfully employed and bread winners of their families.
“The training is designed to complement Federal Government`s effort in tackling unemployment and poverty especially, among women and youths in the country,” she said.
Abubakar, wife of the Chief of Air Staff, said that NAF would patronize products and services offered by the trainees.
She said that aside the training, the association was currently providing assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to improve their living condition in camps.
Some of the beneficiaries, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), expressed optimism that the training would equip them with skills to become self-reliant and support their families.
NAFOWA is a humanitarian and Non-governmental Organisation that sought to improve the condition of women, youths and children in barracks and the larger society. (NAN)
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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Mike Mbonye