2,285 Kwara Residents to Benefit from NDE's Renewed Hope Employment Initiative

Date: 2024-12-09

About 2,285 beneficiaries from 193 wards in Kwara State are set to benefit from the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), as reported by the Nigerian Tribune.

The initiative targets a total of 93,731 unskilled and unemployed individuals across Nigeria.

Speaking during the program's flag-off in Abuja, the NDE Director-General, Silas Agara, explained that at least 10 individuals from each of Nigeria's 8,809 electoral wards were selected for the initiative.

Beneficiaries will engage in 30 skill sets spread across four core programs: Vocational Skills Development, Small Scale Enterprises, Rural Employment Promotion, and Special Public Works.

The scheme, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is aimed at mitigating unemployment in Nigeria. According to Agara, the program accommodates a wide range of participants, including school leavers, dropouts, women, tertiary graduates, retirees, and persons with special needs.

He added that a significant number of beneficiaries will be resettled into entrepreneurial ventures through the provision of tools, equipment, and startup capital. Those not immediately resettled will be linked to credit-granting institutions for further financial support.

“NDE under my watch has ensured the adoption of cutting-edge technology in the design and execution of this program. For instance, all applicants registered through our online portal, enabling us to establish, for the first time, a credible database of our beneficiaries,” Agara stated.

He also revealed that 40,000 of the 93,731 participants in the program will undergo training in ICT and digital skills. This, according to him, is a deliberate effort by the NDE to empower youths with emerging skills that will make them globally competitive.

The Director General further noted that similar events were held in all 36 states of the Federation. He expressed gratitude to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for its support, including the provision of starter packs for some beneficiaries across various schemes under the initiative.

“Let me also appreciate the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Mallam Muhammad Maigeri Dingyadi, Ph.D., for the support we have been receiving from the Ministry,” Agara stated.

“Similarly, the Honourable Minister of State, Labour and Employment, and Supervising Minister of the NDE, Rt. Hon. (Barr) Nkeiruka Onyejiocha, PhD, OON, has provided the enabling environment for us to discharge our mandate creditably.”

He concluded by commending the NDE management and staff for their dedication and hard work in ensuring the program's success. “May I also use this opportunity to appreciate my entire management and staff who have laboured tirelessly and consistently in the last four months towards making today a reality,” he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

LAK Jimoh     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Women Radio     Saliu Alamoyo     Shettima     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Muslim Cementary     Sebastine Obasi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Sarkin Malamai     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     V.O. Abioye     Air Peace     Adebayo Salami     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Awili Pedro     Mustapha Olanipekun     Modibo Kawu     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Abatemi Usman     Issa Manzuma     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Kwarareports     Oke-Ogun     Alaaya     Matthew Babaoye     Samuel Adaramola     Kwara State Government     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Yahya Mohammed     Salihu S. Yaru     Split Diamond Interchange     Tafidan Kaiama     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Bello Oyebanji     Marafan Shonga     Ndama Al-hassan     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Muhammed Danjuma     Gobir Organization Foundation     Sabitiyu Grillo     Sidikat Alaya     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Bello Bature     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Okoolowo     Aminat Omodara     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Bilikisu Gambari     Afeyin-Olukuta     Federal Allocation     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     TETFUND     Baba Issa Awoye     Mohammed Abduraheem     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Falokun-Oja     Face Masks     CCB     United Nigeria Congress Party     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Kwara Consultative Forum     NITDA     Rotimi Oyedepo     Police Commissioner     Rafiu Ajakaye     Offa     Congress For National Consensus     Mufti Of Ilorin     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Salihu Jibril Garbi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yinka Aluko     Idiagbon     Saka Saadu     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ayinde Oyepitan     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Afonja     Owu Fall     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Rashidi Yekini     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Isin     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Moronfoye     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Just Law Forum     Aremu Bose Deborah     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Amos Bajeh     Eleyele     Joseph Daudu     Olushola Saraki     Moremi High School     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Matthew Babaoye     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Afeyin-Olukuta     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Marufat Oladosu     Charles Ibitoye     V.O. Abioye     Ogbondoroko     National Party Of Nigeria     Metro Park     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ishaq Salman     ASKOMP     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Hassan A. Saliu     Kisira     Jide Oyinloye     Yaru     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     SSA Youth Engagement     Ben Duntoye     Shettima Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Balogun-Ojomu     Kwara University Of Education     Oyawoye     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Lanre Issa Onilu     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Muritala Olarewaju     Borgu     All Peoples Party     Kawu     Government High School Adeta     Atiku Abubakar     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Bature Bello     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Ita-Ore     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Oyun     CT Ayeni     Yeketi     ENetSuD     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Obayomi Azeez