A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Ishiba Development and Empowerment Centre, has empowered at least 25 youth in Kuje area council on fashion designing after one year of skill acquisition.
The founder of the NGO, Mrs Elizabeth Praise, on the occasion of
graduation Wednesday said the organisation was committed to empowering youth through capacity development initiatives.
She said the organisation had given scholarship to 30 students and
empowered more than 15, 000, widows across the country.
“So many youth have started business and have been self employed
through our entrepreneurship training programmes.
“The youth should be properly oriented with the right minds, values
and attitude to work, so that they can build a sustainable family,
community and nation.
“I also call on philanthropists and other organisations to empower
Nigerian youths to help reduce unemployment in the country,” she said.
She said the need for youths to be empowered was imperative, adding that many youths have become idle due to lack of employment.
She said her NGO was running on a vision that would create a better society, where love in leadership, positively nurtured minds, values and skills would be the order of the day.
A beneficiary of the empowerment programme, Miss Comfort Oloche, thanked the organisation for the training and promised to use the skills acquired for the development of the economy.
The youths were empowered with a sewing machine each and the sum of N100, 000 to enable them start their businesses. (NAN)
