NAN-H-47
Training
By Muhammad Nasirbashir
Dutse, Oct. 31, 2016 (NAN) The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it is modifying its Skill Acquisition Training Schemes, in line with evolving technological advancement and current realities.
Its acting Director-General, Mr Olakunle Obayan, made this known at the opening of a programme on “Enhancing the Employment of Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP)” on Monday in Dutse.
Obayan, who was represented by Malam Muhammad Sambo, the NDE Coordinator in Jigawa, said the GAP training was organised by the Special Public Works Department (SPW) of the Directorate.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 45 unemployed graduates selected from across the state would benefit from the training.
According to the director-general, the beneficiaries will be attached to various public, private and corporate organisations to acquire skills that will enable them to be self-employed.
He said “this training is designed to provide skills and personal attributes for the beneficiaries, as part of innovations, not just by the special public works department, but by the entire NDE.
“This is to enable the directorate to be in tune with evolving technological advancement and meeting with the current realities.”
The managing director added that the modification was meant to prepare beneficiaries for proactive and productive performance in carrying out their assignments in their respective places of attachment, which may lead to their retention.
He noted that previous implementation of GAP recorded tremendous success, as regards its set targets and goals.
Obayan said a good number of beneficiaries gained permanent employment in various establishments they were attached to, while others used it to gather experience to gain employment elsewhere.
He pointed out that the training would adequately equip the trainees to face the competition of seeking for employment in the already saturated labour-market.
He said “NDE will continue to evolve new schemes to combat the menace of unemployment in Nigeria despite the economic situation.
“I urge the beneficiaries to take the training very seriously, and grasp all aspects of the packages of the training.
“This is for you to optimise this opportunity made available to you, and justify the investment being made on each of you by the Federal Government.”
The NDE chief said each beneficiary would undergo 12 months of training and would be given N10,000 monthly allowance.
He advised the participants to be good ambassadors and well-behaved, for them to be considered by their host establishments whenever there was vacancy for employment. (NAN)
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(Edited by Folorunso Poroye/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)