The challenges thrown at the government with the near-disappearance of white-collar jobs amid growing unemployment, under-employment and the increasing number of graduates from tertiary institutions are mounting on a daily basis.
The Minister said that once the training, which is a nationwide skills development programme targeting the youth, has been done in all the zones, it would also be carried out in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory . He added: “This is the beginning. We will organise many more, and as we organise them, we will be giving you points and grading you through stages one to four, where you get your certificate.”
In the same vein, the Federal Government has also extended the training programme to the South-South region of the country. His words: “The intervention programme seeks to complement and boost the conventional skills development training available at our existing centres nationwide where individuals, corporate organisations, non-governmental organizations, government and private companies send their personnel to learn skills, most of whom are gainfully employed, while others are self-employed and some employers.”