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  • Prison Fellowship trains Kirikiri inmates

    THE Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) has trained 43 Kirikiri Prison inmates in various skills.

    They participated in PFN’s Life Recovery Pre-Release Empowerment Programme (also known as  Onisemus Project).

    They were trained in shoemaking, hand wash production, among others.

    PFN Coordinator Pastor Nasiru Sule-Bamigbola said the inmates comprise 26 males and 17 females.

    They graduated after a training that lasted one and half years.

    He said 47 new inmates enrolled for the programme and matriculated at the event.

    The programme was organised in partnership with the Covenant University (CU).

    Sule-Bamigbola praised CU and its founder Bishop David Oyedepo for their commitment to the welfare of prison inmates in Lagos.

    The event was the ninth graduation for inmates of Kirikiri Prison, which held at the Minimum Prison hall.

    Sule-Bamigbola also thanked the Small and Medium Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) for its support to the programme.

    He canvassed assistance to the group to enable it be accommodate more inmates.

    He announced that next year, the programme would hold its 10th graduation.

    Controller of Prison, Lagos Command, Tunde Ladipo, said the training meant that the time spent in prison was no more a waste.

    He said many had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in prison, some masters and two admitted by CU for doctoral degree.

    He said this indicated something good could come out of the prison and that they could be independent after their release.

    ‘’The inmates are serious and well-informed, well-groomed and are ready to the world,’’ he said.

    He advised them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria and not to go back to crime.

    Guest speaker Oba Kunle Oyeyemi, who spoke on ‘’The place of security, justice and social development in a changing world’’, advised youths to remain focused to achieve their aspiration.

    He listed many youths in Nigeria and abroad who many it before 30, adding that the General Yakubu Gowon and the late Murtala Muhammed were youths when they became heads of state.

    He mentioned the late Anini, Osunbor, Oyenusi, and Shina Rabbo as some youths who were notorious armed robbers.

    Oba Oyeyemi, who is the Oloba of Oba-Ile in Osun State, warned youths against drug abuse, adding that reportly 40 per cent of youths are engaged in drug abuse and that 80 per cent of mad people are youths.

    To make youths less vulnerable to crime and terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS, the monarch suggested that more attention should be paid to youth matters.

    He urged the government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and religious groups to collaborate in empowering the youths.

    At the event were PFN Executive Director Mr Benson Iwuagwu and its Lagos State Chairman Pastor J. B. Olawepo.

    Iwuagwu, a lawyer, took the oath of graduation and presented certificates to awardees.

  • IMO trains NIMASA staff, others on safety code

    Officials of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will conduct are five-day training for officers of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Maritime Administrators in Africa on the implementation and enforcement of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.

    The five-day regional workshop attracts trainees from many countries across the region.

    Director-General of NIMASA Dakuku Peterside, at the opening yesterday, said the training is to teach participants international standards for the safe management and operation of ships and prevention of pollution.

    Peterside, who was represented by the Executive Director, Operation, Rotimi Fashakin, said IMO is organising the training as part of efforts to ensure that maritime administrators take the necessary preventive measures to safeguard shipmasters in the discharge of their core responsibilities, with regard to maritime safety and protection of the marine environment.

    The training, Peterside added, would enable officials of NIMASA and others to respond to the need of those aboard ships to achieve and maintain high standards of safety and environmental protection.

    He noted that no two shipping companies or ship owners are the same, ships operate under different conditions, and so the training is based on general principles and objectives of ISM Code.

    Ships, whether shore-based or at sea, he said, would require varying levels of knowledge and awareness which the workshop intends to impact in participants.

    The objective of the Code, Peterside said, is to ensure safety at sea, prevent human injury or loss of life, and avoid damages to the environment, in particular to the marine environment and to property.

    The Code, he said, requires that all shipping companies provide for safe practices in ship operation and a safe working environment; establish safeguards against all identified risks; and continuously improve safety management skills of personnel ashore and aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related both to safety and environmental protection.

    The safety and management system to be put in place by NIMASA and other Administrations, he said, would ensure compliance with all mandatory rules and regulations, adding that applicable codes, guidelines and standards recommended by the IMO, Maritime Administrations, classification societies and maritime industry organisations are taken into serious account by all those concerned

  • IMO trains NIMASA staff, others on safety code

    Officials of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), have aeeived the country to train some selected officers of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and other  Maritime Administrators in Africa on the implementation and enforcement of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.

    The five day regional workshop attract will attract trainees from many countries across the region.

    While speaking at the opening ceremony of the event in Lagos, yesterday, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the purpose of training was to provide an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention.

    Peterside, who was represented by the Executive Director, Operation, Rotimi Fashakin,  said the IMO is organising the training as part of efforts to ensure that all maritime administrators take the necessary preventive measures to safeguard the shipmasters in the discharge of their core responsibilities with regard to maritime safety and the protection of the marine environment.

    The training, Peterside said, would enable officials of NIMASA and others to respond to the need of those on board ships to achieve and maintain high standards of safety and environmental protection.

    He noted that no two shipping companies or shipowners are the same, and that ships operate under a wide range of different conditions and that the training is based on general principles and objectives of ISM Code.

    Ships, whether shore-based or at sea, he said, would require varying levels of knowledge and awareness which the workshop intends to impact on each of the participants.

    The objective of the Code, the Director General said, is to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular, to the marine environment, and to property.

    The Code, he said, requires that all shipping companies provide for safe practices in ship operation and a safe working environment; establish safeguards against all identified risks; and continuously improve safety management skills of personnel ashore and aboard ships, including preparing for emergencies related both to safety and environmental protection.

  • Wema Bank trains students on etiquette

    Wema Bank Plc yesterday marked this year’s Children’s Day with students from different Lagos schools by training them on social etiquette.

    The lender, which hosted many students at its head office in Marina, Lagos, also used the opportunity to teach them social etiquette like how to speak fluently, use cutleries, sitting at social functions, history of etiquette among other issues.

    The students also used the opportunity to practice different soft skills that relate to their daily living. The programme, is in furtherance of the ‘goes with you all the way’ slogan has imparted school children with soft skills to build their lives in celebration of this year’s Children’s Day.

    The training was done in conjunction with The English Manner Nigeria and the children were taken on etiquette and skills that will take them all the way through school and life generally. The bank said it decided to start the life-long soft skills learning quite early for the school kids, adding that adherence to it by the school children will have a huge impact on their lives.

    Wema Bank’s Team Lead, Retail Product, Abiola Afolayan said the bank decided on etiquette because most schools do not have it in their curricula due to the cost of getting teachers.

    He said the school children were selected across different schools and were the first to be taken on it due to the need to bank its customers early in life. He said they have been celebrating Children’s Day for long but decided to change the narrative this year because of the gains inherent in equipping the kids with soft skills.

  • Govt trains ex-militants on fish farming

    The Federal Government under its Amnesty Programme yesterday trained ex-militants, drawn from the nine oil producing states in the country on fish farming.

    Nolia Consult Limited Managing Director Mr Charles Odemwingie, said during the training held in Benin that it was part of the federal government’s programme to re-integrate the ex-militants into the society.

    Odemwingie, also the programme facilitator said the training would be in three phases adding that, the first phase was to train them on fish farming.

    He noted that the second phase would be to empower them with all the equipment and tools needed for the business and open an account for them.

    Odemwingie said that the third phase will be to monitor and mentor them for three months to ascertain their challenges and ensure that they achieve success.

    The training, he said, was in line with the presidential directive to integrate restive youths in the Niger-Delta region into the society through the presidential Amnesty Programme.

    According to Odemwingie, to ensure success of the programme, the federal government allowed the trainees to choose what business they want to go into.

    He enjoined the participants to take the training seriously as government cannot employ everybody, adding that, they will be empowered to start the business.

  • Lagos trains top officials

    Lagos State Government has held training for top officials including the permanent secretaries to meet the challenges of the 21st century through the ‘Change Mindset Advocacy programme.’

    The training, aimed at cultivating in public servants, the right culture and mind-set needed to attain the smart city status of the state.

    Speaking on Tuesday at the training programme organised for permanent secretaries, heads of agencies and parastatals in the state, Commissioner for Information and Strategy Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the government had since realised the importance of changing the mind-set of public servants to align with the ever changing time.

    According to Bamigbetan, “we have 24 million Lagosians; many of them travel a lot and are exposed to international standards, while some have become sophisticated. Therefore, the benchmark for services has increased, and people can compare how they are served in public service in Lagos with the private sector.”

    Earlier, the Director-General, Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation, Toba Otusanya said the expected outcome of the training and the sensitisation are civil servants who are competent, knowledgeable, creative, innovative and can challenge the status quo, adding that they would embrace new ways of doing things as well as deliver services in better ways.

    “Realising this vision is not something that is farfetched because when you look at strong public institutions across the world like Kenya and Rwanda, these things are already happening there; Lagos cannot continue to be on the side-line, we have to take the bull by the horn”, he said.

    He said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in his quest to accelerate development in the state, realised the critical role of public servants in this regard, hence, his support for this campaign to ensure that all public servants embrace the “Growth Mind-set” and be well equipped for the challenges of the modern world.

  • Fed Govt trains 50 blind female enterpreneurs

    The National Centre for Women Development is training 50 blind female entrepreneurs in Information and Communication Technology.

    Its director-general, Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta,  spoke with reporters in Abuja yesterday.

    She said the aim of the training was to expose participants to various ways ICT can help persons with visual impairments to become self-reliant and productive.

    ‘’It is expected that the participants will be empowered through this training,so as to contribute their quota to the economic growth and development of the country. Each of the participant will be given a laptop computer to enable them practise what they have been taught.”

    On his part,the Head of ICT Mr Johnson Morrison Udonbong said over the years, about 10 thousand women have been trained on various ICT courses and the effects of this training have been commendable.

    His words:’’It is a common knowledge that cultural practices tend to limit women,but knowledge gained using ICT is helping to overcome these challenges. This is made possible through increased connectivity, accessibility and investment in the ICT sector

    ‘’Information is power,so a well-informed mind is a catayst for growth and development’’

     

  • Foundation trains 200 teachers

    The Bunmi Adedayo Foundation (BAF), established to honour the legacy of the late Bunmi Adedayo, the only son of owners of Tastee Fried Chicken (TFC), will hold its second Continuous Professional Development training programme for 2018 on February 22.

    The first workshop for the year for 200 select teachers from 18 public primary schools in Lagos State held January 4.

    The training which would last the whole year would be interspersed with monitoring visits by assessors to the schools of participants.

    A statement on the foundation’s website noted that there would be six trainings between January and November this year.

    Speaking at the first training, Mr Babatunde Akinleye, Chairman, Board of Directors of BAF, underscored the need to reform and retrain in-service teachers for better education service delivery.

    He said the foundation was committed to reducing the percentage of quality and qualified primary school teachers in Nigeria, which the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) reported is between 30 and 40 per cent.

    Also speaking, the Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB), Dr Ganiyu Sopeyin, praised BAF for its continuous investment in education in the state since it was founded in 2016.

    Sopeyin further urged the beneficiaries to seize the opportunity to improve their professionalism.

    Dr Dolapo Ogunbawo, Training Consultant to the Foundation, described teachers as the gateway to the future of the nation. She underscored the importance of qualified manpower in the education sector and the need for teachers to recognise of their role in moulding lives.

    During the workshop, participants were divided into four groups to allow for deeper discussions.

  • Foundation trains 17,000 police officers on human rights

    Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON) has trained 17,000 police officers on human rights.

    Its Executive Director, Mrs Gloria Egbuji, disclosed this in her address at the 25th graduation  of Police  Human Rights Officers held at the Police College, Ikeja.

    Mrs Egbuji said her foundation decided to focus on the Police to re-orientate them and improve the image of the force.

    She commended the Lagos State government for its support in the training of the Police officers on human rights.

    The foundation, particularly, praised the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for its support in training the rank and file of the state Police Command on how to write and file charges and on investigation of crimes to prevent situations where innocent persons would be charged to court unknowingly.

    For her zeal and passion for justice reforms in the DPP, Mrs Titilayo Shitta-Bey invested with the  Star Award of Appreciation in appreciation of her support in training of Police Officers in Human Rights issues.

    In her response, the DPP thanked the foundation for the award and promised to assist it in any capacity to move the state forward and improve on her human right index.

    CRIVIFON was established in 2006, to further educate the Police on the rules and their roles in fighting crimes in the society.

  • Navy trains 139 cops in underwater tactics

    Navy trains 139 cops in underwater tactics

    One hundred and thirty-nine marine officers, trained in underwater tactics by the Navy, have graduated.

    The marine policemen, who were trained in three batches of 39, 50 and 50, graduated at the weekend, after a six-week intensive course at the Joint Maritime Security Training Centre  (JMSTC) in Navy Town, Ojo.

    The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Naval Training Command, Rear Admiral Obi Ofodile, said the Basic Marine Operations Course (BMOC) was aimed at improving the marine police’ ability in weapon and boat handling and maintenance.

    He said it acquainted them with the laws of the sea, search and rescue, chart work and rules of the sea.

    His words: “The training inculcated in them best global practices in seamanship, navigation and other specific areas of maritime operations. The JMSTC is one of the best in the continent. I have no doubt that despite the rigours of training, the participants have benefitted greatly from this citadel of learning.

    “You should, therefore, use the privilege of this training to improve yourself to meet the challenges ahead. It is pertinent to state that the security challenges confronting the country, especially in the maritime environment, needs the collaborative efforts of all security agencies, especially the Navy and police.

    “I appreciate the CNS and IGP for working out this training arrangement, which has not only brought the two services closer, but also enabled us to share knowledge. The Navy is ever ready to render necessary help to the police when called upon. As a maritime country endowed with enormous resources, the need to protect these resources becomes very necessary. I am highly delighted that the JMSTC has turned out this set of professionally trained and adept Marine Police Officers.”

    The JMSTC Commandant, Capt. Noel Madugu, said the trainings received were the start of their career in marine police operations.

    “The BMOC was developed to enhance the capability of the Marine department of the Nigeria Police for littoral and riverine operations, to enable them secure Nigeria’s maritime environment,l particularly the inland waters, effectively and efficiently.

    “Therefore, the objective of the course was to improve the knowledge of the participants in seamanship and navigation in line with international best practices,” Madugu said.

    The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Ibrahim Idris, said the gains realised from the pioneer trainees instigated the force to enrol others.

    Idris, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Maritime, Alkali Usman, said: “The initial batch was 39, and when we saw the improvement, we sent 100 more in two batches for the training. I can tell you the skills they have acquired have improved our strength around inland waters.

    “The marine police unit is waxing stronger; we have the unit in 22 states, and they have weapons to operate with. Our inland waters are better policed now.”