The Gombe State Government yesterday began the deployment of 500 youths trained under the Gombe State Security, Traffic and Environmental Corps (GOSTEC) to the 11 local government areas of the state.
During the event, Governor Inuwa Yahaya said his administration is determined to address youths’ restiveness in the state by the provision of adequate opportunities and necessary entrepreneurial skills to engage in decent jobs for overall development.
Yahaya, who spoke through his Deputy Manasseh Jatau, explained that GOSTEC is their home-grown innovation which was aimed at harnessing the energies of the youth in state-building, in line with their administration’s human capital development initiative.
“Having trained these youths in the operational rudiments in the areas of traffic, security and environmental management, the Gombe State Government has put all the necessary measures in place to ensure the successful posting of these youths to their respective duty posts for immediate engagement across the 114 wards of the 11 local government areas of the state,” he said.
The Special Adviser to Governor Yahaya on Human Capital Development, Sani Ahmed Haruna, urged the recruited security, traffic and environmental personnel to use the knowledge and skills acquired in the cause of their training in the discharge of their duties.