Trains 2,100 In 2023 The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation , says it has facilitated the training of about 13,500 women through various skill acquisition programmes.
Dada said the state government has established 20 functional skills acquisition centres, where no fewer than 20 vocations are taught free of charge to students on a long-term modules, adding that graduands are awarded certificates of competency at the end of their trainings, which they can further use to apply for loans at the Lagos State Employment Trust funds to support their budding businesses.
“Participants are trained on various vocations and empowered with start-up packs upon graduation, in order to kick- start their businesses even right from their respective homes. So far, 13,500 participants had benefited from this programme from 2019 till date.” She explained that of the number, 60 were snail farmers who had gone through training at government-approved vocational centres.