Over 250 youths, drawn from the nine Niger Delta states, have begun a two-week specialised capacity building workshop at the Skill Development Academy (SDA) of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Osubi, Delta State.
PTI Principal Dr. Henry Adimula disclosed this at the opening of the workshop at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun.
He said the programme, organised by the institution in partnership with Ufugold Project Services Ltd, was in line with the Federal Government’s drive to take Nigerians out of poverty, curb unemployment and youths’ restiveness.
Adimula urged the beneficiaries comprising skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled youths, to “maximise the opportunity by taking interest in whatever skill they learn individually.”
He said: “The only way people can be taken out of poverty is when they have the requisite skills they can use to start their own businesses. Skills that will allow them to become employers of labour.”
“So, it is the plan of this government to do what we are doing today, that is to take youths from all over the country and train them, grant them the necessary skills that they can use to start up their own businesses, and not again rely on the Federal Government for jobs or become restive in the society.
“The institute is privileged to partner to deliver the training. We hope that we all will become entrepreneurs and employers of labour.”
The Managing Director of Ufugold Project Services Ltd, Ufuoma Johngold, lamenting the manner in which some youths have taken to vices such as cybercrime and prostitution, advised the participants to be focused on the training.
He said the youth will be trained in petroleum engineering technology-related skills, which include soap making, coating technology, among others, by professionals.
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