The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced training citizens in Zamfara State on the use of waste products to produce household items such as cooking pots and shoes, among others.
The training tagged “Enviropreneurship Development Scheme (EDS)” is implemented under the Special Public Works Department of the National Directorate of Employment.
At the flag-off of the training of 30 participants in Gusau yesterday, NDE’s Acting State Coordinator, Malam Mustapha Aliyu Goniri said the EDS was a newly developed scheme by the Special Public Works Department for the recycling of environmental waste items to be converted to new products and materials for economic and household needs.
According to him, the training is in line with the NDE’s mandate of designing and implementing job creation programmes that will promote attitudinal change, employment generation, poverty reduction and enhancement of wealth creation.
He said: “It is my pleasure to address you on the occasion of the opening ceremony/orientation and the commencement of training on aluminium pot-making, sandals making and tinker, all from waste items.
“It is worth mentioning that the training is to commence immediately on the same date. It is the third phase of the programme that are to be conducted nationwide with 30 participants in Zamfara State for the duration of three months.
“There are ethics and requirement of the training i.e what you are expected to do and not to do,” Goniri said.
Commending the NDE Director-General, Mallan Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo for swift approval for the training, the Acting State Coordinator praised the Zamfara State government and its people for supporting the NDE in the implementation of its programmes.