In a statement from the head, corporate affairs unit of the agency Ibrahim Mohammed stated that the training was aimed at addressing youth unemployment in the state as the programme provided skills and knowledge for the teeming youths to enable them become self-reliant and economically independent particularly in the area of information communication technology .
In his remark the Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda who was represented by Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu Musawa in Katsina state noted the importance of ICT to the MSMEs sector of the economy, hence the decision of SMEDAN to inculcate the spirit of ICT into entrepreneurs in the country.
Sixty-eight youths, two each, drawn from each local government of Katsina state participated in the training which was also conducted in Osun, Bauchi, Kogi, Akwa Ibom, and Ebonyi states.