NDE trains 1,548 nationwide, allocates 42 slots for Kogi

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the nationwide training of 1,548 beneficiaries under her Advanced National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (A-NOAS) to enhance proficiency.


Addressing 42 successful trainees from Kogi state at their orientation programme held in Lokoja, Wednesday, the Kogi state coordinator of NDE, Mallam Zakari Abubakar, said the scheme was designed to enable the graduated trainees of the Basic Open Apprenticeship Scheme acquire additional skills in their various trades for improved efficiency.
He said the training will last for three months during which the trainees will be paid monthly stipends and the master trainers will also receive allowances from NDE.


The acting director general of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, in his keymote address reiterated the desire of President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce poverty and unemployment to the barest minimum through job creation and other social intervention programmes.


Represented by Mr. Charles Aye, a staff of the directorate at the headquarters, the acting director general urged the trainees to take the training seriously and master their trades in view of the stiff competition that they will face in the market place.


Speaking on behalf of other trainees , Mallam Yahaya Adama commended NDE and the federal government for the gesture and promised to justify the huge investment by ensuring that they take the training seriously in order to acquire the needed skill.

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