Nigeria: Govt Begins Training of Unemployed School Leavers

The Federal Government has commenced the training
of unemployed school leavers across the country
under its Environmental Beautification Training
Scheme, EBTS, as part of moves to tackle the
problem of unemployment in the country.
The acting Director General of National Directorate of
Employment, NDE, Mr. Olakunle Obayan, spoke
during the opening ceremony of the scheme in
Asaba, Delta State, yesterday.
Saying that the scheme will increase their chances of
being self- employed and employers of labour,
Obayan who was represented by the Delta State
Coordinator of NDE, Mr. Geoffrey Ugbaja, explained
that, "The EBTS conceptualised by the Special Public
Works, SPW, Department is just one of the
programmes of the Programmes Department in line
with NDE's mandate.
"Under the EBTS, a total of 25 persons in Delta State
will undergo this training while 120 other participants
are presently undergoing training in various skills in
the Basic-National Open Apprenticeship Scheme, B-
NOAS.
"The NDE will continue to evolve new schemes in its
various departments to combat unemployment in the
country despite the dwindling economic situation in
the country."

Source: WallAfrica