About 50 male and female indigents are currently undergoing free vocational training/programme organised by Inner Wheel District 911, Nigeria.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at Inner Wheel Vocational Centre, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, the district chairman, Adejumoke Odulaja, in her goodwill message said that the empowerment project which is the star project of the club has been on-going for five years.
The move, according to her, is to encourage the ideals of personal service.
“With the economic hardship we are witnessing now, there is nothing like having a vocation, even if there is no white collar job as a graduate. This skill once learnt, you can start a business and generate money to fend for your household,” said Odulaja.
Speaking on the criteria used in selecting beneficiaries , the project chairman, IWM Kafila Afodun, said all the representatives in each Inner Wheel Club scattered all over Lagos and Ogun states .
were instructed to seek for indigent students in their areas.
“One major criterion is that beneficiaries must show interest and commitment in whatever skills they are learning, since it is free. And by the time they finish the training, Inner Wheel District 911 intends empowering beneficiaries with start-up machines and cash needed to make a difference in their lives,” said Afodun.
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