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  • NDE trains 2,000 in Ekiti

    NDE trains 2,000 in Ekiti

    The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Ekiti State has trained 2,000 persons in various vocations to reduce unemployment.

    Over 1,400 of the trainees underwent training in cosmetology, which encompasses making of bar soap, liquid soap, detergent, perfumes and disinfectants.

    Six hundred of the beneficiaries were trained in domestic trades, such as barbing, GSM repairs and catering, among others.

    At the opening of the training, NDE Director General Dr. Ladan Nasiru Argungu said the agency designed many empowerment programmes to reduce unemployment.

    Argungu, who spoke through the State NDE Coordinator, Mr. Babatope Akinyemi, said the skills the participants gained would help them to stand on their own and become employers of labour.

    He urged the participants to use the training to contribute to the grassroots economy and become useful to the society.

     

     

     

     

     

  • NDE trains 2,000 youths in Borno

    NDE trains 2,000 youths in Borno

    The National Directorate of Employment ( NDE ) on Tuesday said it had trained 2,000 youths in Borno.

    NDE Coordinator in the state, Wakil Kalanga, said this while fielding questions in Maiduguri.

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    Kalaga said the beneficiaries were exposed to various trades under its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme ( B-NOAS ).

    He said the beneficiaries would be provided with resettlement packages to enable them set up their businesses.

    He said the exercise would provide job opportunities and enhance wealth creation in the society, adding that the agency would train 50,000 youths int eh state this year.

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  • NDE trains 2,170 youths in Anambra

    NDE trains 2,170 youths in Anambra

    No fewer than 2,170 unemployed youths benefitted from the various training programmes organised by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Anambra in 2017, the state Coordinator, Mr Joseph Iroegbu, has said.

    Iroegbu, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on yesterday in Awka, said the beneficiaries had concluded their training and were awaiting take-off later this year.

    “Thirty youths graduated from Basic Business Training, while one person out of the 50 that were trained on Own Your Business course qualified for grant of N800, 000 for submitting a bankable proposal.

     

     

  • 2,170 youths get NDE training in Anambra — Coordinator

    2,170 youths get NDE training in Anambra — Coordinator

    No fewer than 2,170 unemployed youths benefitted from the various training programmes of the National Directorate of Employment ( NDE ) in Anambra in 2017, the state Coordinator, Mr Joseph Iroegbu, has said. Wednesday in Awka, said the beneficiaries had concluded their training and were awaiting take-off later this year.

    “Thirty youths graduated from Basic Business Training, while one person out of the 50 that were trained on Own Your Business course qualified for grant of N800, 000 for submitting a bankable proposal.

    “Other areas where youths were trained include women employment, agricultural development scheme, life skills, business development and poultry.

    “Two thousand youths who commenced training on Vocational Skills Development in 2017 are still undergoing the course billed to be concluded before February.

    Read Also:  Edo, NDE  train 4000 on technical skills, cosmetology, others

    “The programme is going concurrently in the 21 local government areas in the state,’’ he said.

    The coordinator acknowledged the rising unemployment rate in the country but regretted the negative attitude of youths to apprenticeship.
    He decried how some of the beneficiaries were not paying back the soft loans because the politicians who nominated them gave them the impressions that NDE empowerment programme was entirely free.

    “Part of the challenges is that our graduates don’t pay back their loans, they use it to shore up their egos and give them the impression that the startup loan is free money from government.

    “So, when we go to them they say we should go and meet the politicians who signed for them.

    “People are not serious in the training and entrepreneurship; they seem to be more interested in the stipend we pay them as trainees.

    “We have good programmes to solve unemployment but we are worried that they are not embracing it, our store is filled with idle equipment, even our forms are not filled to indicate that they want resettlement,’’ Iroegbu said.

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  • NDE trains 2,000 youths in Adamawa

    NDE trains 2,000 youths in Adamawa

    The National Directorate  of  Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 2,000 unemployed youths in Adamawa under the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS).

    A statement issued on Monday in Yola by NDE  Information Officer, Aishatu Fika, said 1,400 of the participants were females  while 600 were males.

    The statement said that the training,  which would last three months, was for cosmetology and other technical  vocations.

    Read also: NDE trains 76,300 youths

    It added that the 2,000 in Adamawa were part of the 76, 600 beneficiaries nationwide.

    The statement  said trainees would be supported by government and other stakeholders in setting up their businesses after the training.

    “The objective of the training exercise is to give access to  unemployed youths to acquire  skills for self employment and income generation.

    “It is expected that at the end of the training,  the beneficiaries will be supported by government, NGOs and other critical stakeholders to enable them set up their businesses,” Fika said.

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  • NDE trains 76,300 youths

    NDE trains 76,300 youths

    The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) said 76,300 unemployed youths were currently benefitting from a special vocational skills training across the country.

    Its Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator, Mrs Edna Ofordile, made this known yesterday in Abuja at the Orientation of 2000 basic Open National Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS).

    Mrs Ofordile said 2,000 are currently being trained in Abuja.

    She explained that the NOAS training was the programme organised by the Director-General, Mr Nasiru Mohammed to respond to the rapid growth of unemployment in the country and technological development in the world.

    According to her, the NDE management has approved the recruitment and training of 76,300 trainees nationwide, adding that each state has been mandated to recruit and train 2,000 unskilled men and women.

    She said the cosmetology training which is ongoing would last for two weeks.

    “At the end, the trainees would be able to produce bar soap, bath soap, liquid soap, body cream, dettol, air freshener and lots more.

    “The three months intensive training in other skills like interior decoration, catering and GSM repairs would commence immediately after the two weeks training.”

    Ofordile promised that the NDE FCT would engage the services of counsellors/motivational speaker and successful entrepreneurs to counsel, motivate and supervise the trainees.

    The coordinator urged the trainees to be attentive and imbibe knowledge that would help transform them to employer of labour at the end of the training.

    She, however, commended the FCT administration and all stakeholders for responding to their request to solve unemployment problem and move the country on the path of growth and economic recovery.

     

     

     

  • NDE trains 2,000 in vocational skills in Ondo

    NDE trains 2,000 in vocational skills in Ondo

    The National Directorate of Employment ( NDE ), Ondo State, says 2,000 unemployed people are currently benefitting from a special vocational skills training to reduce unemployment in the state.

    Mr Mayowa Aliu, the NDE State Coordinator, who stated this on Tuesday at the launch in Akure, said that the training was divided into two categories of cosmetology and seven other vocational skills.

    He said that 1,400 would be trained on cosmetology for two weeks while 600 would be trained on seven vocational skills for three months.

    According to him, the training scheme is a special programme sponsored by political office holders in collaboration with the NDE through its vocational skills development department to train unemployed people across the three senatorial districts of the state.

    “Today, we are flagging-off the training of 2,000 unemployed people for cosmetology and other seven different skills across the state.

    “It is a special programme because all the trainees were recruited by political office holders such as the Governor, Deputy Governor, Senators, members of House of Representatives, Members of House of Assembly, Minister from the state and some traditional rulers across the state.

    “The trainees were divided into two categories, 1,400 of them mainly women will be trained on cosmetology for two weeks.

    “While the remaining 600 will be trained on seven different skills such as Shoe and Bag, Bead Stringing; Confectionary; Event Planning; Photography, Beauty Therapy and GSM repairing for three months.

    “Participants will not pay any amount for the training but each of the trainees will be paid stipend during the training and at the end of the exercise some of the trainees will be given fund to start their own businesses.

    “The essence is to reduce restlessness in the society and to encourage them to acquire skills,” he said.

    He admonished the trainees to avail themselves the opportunity by taking the training serious.

    “My advice to trainees is to take it serious because some people may think it is a joke but at the end of the exercise they discover it is a long career and a big business.

    “Put in your best because being skillful in one’s career will attract encouraging patronage,” Aliu advised.

    One of the trainees, Mr Oladele Fatokun, from Owo Local Government Area, appreciated NDE for the gesture, urging the government to increase the number of participants and make it more than once in a year.

    “Government should increase the number of participants because many people are still roaming the streets without work.

    “And if more youths can engage in this kind of skill acquisition all manner of atrocity in the society will be reduced,’’ he said.

    Also speaking, Mrs Esther Adebayo, from Akure South Local Government Area, showed her appreciation for being among the trainees, saying that the skills acquired would provide them with the best alternative source of livelihood.

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  • NDE to train 76,300 unemployed youths in vocational skills

    NDE to train 76,300 unemployed youths in vocational skills

    THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will soon train 76,300 unemployed youths under the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) in vocational skills acquisition.

    The training scheme will take place simultaneously in all the 36 states, including Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    Its duration ranges between two weeks and three months with effect from next month.

    The available skills, according to NDE Director General, Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan, include cosmetology and other demand-driven skills peculiar to each community.

    Ladan said the target groups include: unskilled men and women who may be primary or secondary school leavers, school drop-outs and other unemployed persons, who wish to be trained in marketable skills.

    The trainees will be posted to well-established master craftsmen with standard training outlets.

    This set will join the existing 4,280 youths  presently undergoing NDE training in various vocational skills outlets in all the 36 states, including FCT Abuja, for three months.

    After recruitment and documentation, a day orientation and induction course will be conducted for prospective participants to enable them have a pre-knowledge of what the training entails and what is expected of them during the training.

    The directorate has engaged the services of proficient and experienced trainers for the successful implementation of the programme.

     

    In Ogun State, the NDE State Coordinator Femi Oyenekan, who is  representing the director general, lauded the NDE management for its efforts in reducing the menace of unemployment in Nigeria through various articulated policies designed to subdue the problem of youth unemployment.

    He said  the registration of 2000 interested youths will take place online using WEBCAM or Smartphones.

    According to him, the vocational training programme proposed to begin on December 4, will be conducted solely using informal sector master trainers.

    The trainees, Oyenekan said, will be posted to the selected master craftsmen with standard training outlets across Ogun State.

     

  • NDE, NAPTIP to train victims of human trafficking

    NDE, NAPTIP to train victims of human trafficking

    The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to train and empower victims of human trafficking in the country.

    Director General of the NDE, Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungun said at the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that the agency has the mandate to train all unemployed and vulnerable persons in the country and equip the, with the relevant skills

    According to Dr. Nasir Mohammed, the principal function of NDE as an apex job creation agency in the country is to train and empower the jobless and the vulnerable. “We have the mandate and capacity to train and empower all unemployed persons including trafficked persons for self-employment in various fields. If you have a centre or a collection point where victims of human trafficking are being counselled and rehabilitated, we shall move-in, train them on marketable skills and resettled them with starter-packs for better life”

    Director General of NAPTIP, Mrs Julie Donli Okah, said the need to assist victims of human trafficking in finding their feet in the society has become urgent and relevant to the success of NAPTIP as an agency. 

    According to the NAPTIP boss, ‘’we counsel and rehabilitate them but because of financial constraints, we have not been quite forthcoming in the area of Training and Resettlement.

    ‘’When we rehabilitate and cannot empower them, it becomes an effort in futility, it is a big challenge to NAPTIP and this is the reason we are happy that the NDE is coming to assist in this aspect’’

    It was gathered that the process towards the realization of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was consummated by the signatures of the two Chief Executives started four months ago when the Director General, NDE and his management paid a courtesy call on the management of NAPTIP with the two agencies expressed the desire to collaborate in the promotion of self-employment and poverty reduction among victims of human trafficking in Nigeria.

    The objectives of the MoU among other things include ensuring that the victims are well trained in demand-driven skills of their choice and are empowered to establish their enterprises.

    With the signed MoU among, succour has come the way of all victims of human traffic especially those presented by NAPTIP. They are to be trained by the NDE and those who show a considerable level of commitment shall become business owners. Henceforth, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), according to the Director-General, will on continual basis organize various short and long-term training schemes of between four and six months with stipends for the victims at the NAPTIP shelters all over the country.

    Upon the recommendation of prospective beneficiaries by NAPTIP after training, loans ranging between one hundred thousand (N100, 000.00) and five hundred thousand (N500, 000.00) naira are to be disbursed to the beneficiaries by the NDE. The loan package shall be of a single digit interest having a maximum tenor of three years including three months moratorium period.

  • NDE trains 432 graduates on solar energy

    THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has taken another step in its mandate to reduce unemployment and encourage youths in self-employed skill acquisitions.

    Its Director General, Dr. Nasir Ladan Mohammed Argungu, said this at the opening of the Solar Energy Training Scheme (SETS) organised by the Special Public Works (SPW) of the directorate in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

    It is presently training 432 trainees from 12 pilot states comprising two states from each geopolitical zone of which Ogun State is one with 36 participants.

    The training will last for two months.

    Argungu, who was represented by the state Coordinator of NDE, Mr. Femi Oyenekan, said the SETS was one of the renewable energy training schemes designed by the directorate to generate employment for the unemployed graduates to explore new areas of job creation to develop critical sector of the economy and the national needs.

    “Energy as one of the integral infrastructural components needed for urban and rural economic development.  Realising the enormous demand for energy in Nigeria and the sector potentials for employment, the organisation (NDE) sought for other means of power production and therefore, adopted renewable energy training scheme as one of its strategies for employment generation,” he said.

     

    “The overwhelming success of the first batch undoubtedly shows Nigerians are not only industrious but highly productive if necessary encouragement is put in place.

    “Nigeria today is witnessing slow progress in power generation which is not adequate for our industrial sector operation capacity.  This situation coupled with the explosive population of over 160 million people that needs constant supply of energy to be productive in the society.   Sadly, this circumstance happens in the face of abundant sunshine and human resources in the country.   Solar Energy, therefore, becomes the obvious alternative to the present epileptic power problem in the country,” he said.