Enugu South LG Trains 500 Youths On Skill Acquisition

No fewer than 500 youths in Enugu South Local Government Area have commenced a five-month skills acquisition training.

The programme was organised by the Council Area in collaboration with Enugu Skill Acquisition Empowerment Organisation (ENSAEORG), to train beneficiaries in different levels of skills free of charge.

The initiative tagged the “1st Enugu South LGA Mass Free Skill-Acquisition Empowerment” engaged 500 grassroots youths drawn from the 13 political wards of the council.

Speaking during the flag-off ceremony at the Council’s Secretariat, the Chairman, Enugu South Council Area, Hon. Caleb Ani, said the gesture was part of his administration’s vision to empower people through areas that would make them self-employed.

Represented by the Council Secretary, Barrister Kenneth Nnyammah, Ani added that the package was to check the scourge of unemployment in the area.

Barrister Kenneth Nnyammah

“Today marks the official flag-off ceremony of our commitment to align ourselves with the disruptive innovations of the state government geared towards lifting our people out of the poverty line.

“As a Council, we are grateful for what His Excellency is doing, and to show our appreciation, we have decided, in line with our leadership interest and vision, to key into his practical steps and commitments towards creation of job for our teaming population through the Enugu SME Agency,” Ani said.

Barrister Kenneth Nnyammah reading the speech of the council chairman, Hon. Caleb Ani.

He added that the council was collaborating with ENSAEORG, a non-governmental organization to engage qualified artisans and entrepreneurs across communities in the council to accept and train beneficiaries free of charge while the council provides them with the required training materials.

“As we have designed, successful beneficiaries shall have access to a decisive empowerment scheme where they shall be equipped for a year productive engagement through which successful ones shall be established.

“We are however determined to impact on the lives of our people and ensure a drastic reduction of unemployment and poverty within the area of jurisdiction of the council and the state at large.”he said.

He called on the participants to use the opportunity and better their lives.

The council chairman appealed to stakeholders, investors, captain of industries, philanthropists and international organisations to join hands with him by supporting the initiative through funding.

This, he said, would help to create enabling, sustainable, economic and environmental growth to stamp out poverty in the area.

In a speech, Comrade Chidiebere Ngwoke, Programme Coordinator, ENSAEORG said the organisation had established partner training centres across the council.

He said his organisation and the council would monitor the programme to ensure that the participants were successful in their chosen areas.

Three beneficiaries, Benedicta Ani, who enrolled to learn shoe making, Collins Ogbodo, fashion and design, and Solomon Nnaji, poultry and fish farming, said it was something of great impact to be selected.

They commended the council chairman for coming up with such initiative noting that their families would benefit a lot after the training.

The beneficiaries are expected to receive training on phone repairs, laptop repairs, solar and inverter installation, auto mobile mechanic, poultry and fish farming.

Others are CCTV and cable installation, welding work, generator maintenance tailoring, furniture making, hair dressing and makeup.

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