NDE commissions model skills acquisition centre in Abuja

Director General of the NDE Malam Abubakar Mohammed said the centre, located at Kuduru District, Bwari Area Council, is fully equipped with modern tools and equipment for both technical and agricultural vocations.Mohammed added that the centre, which has boarding facilities in a conducive environment for effective and efficient skills empowerment, will produce a “pool of […]

Director General of the NDE Malam Abubakar Mohammed said the centre, located at Kuduru District, Bwari Area Council, is fully equipped with modern tools and equipment for both technical and agricultural vocations.
Mohammed added that the centre, which has boarding facilities in a conducive environment for effective and efficient skills empowerment, will produce a “pool of sound artisans/as well as modern farmers relative to the demand of the economy and the nation at large.”
He said the skill-sets currently offered but which will be expanded in the future, are “welding, computer operation/maintenance, GSM repairs, plumbing, electrical installation, hair dressing, catering, interior decoration, radio/TV repairs, auto electrical, fashion design, cane furniture making, video/photography, satellite installation/maintenance, knitting, soap making, motorcycle repairs and food processing.”
Some of the skills will have between two to four different sets of trainees annually at no cost to beneficiaries.
The NDE boss said to date, the directorate has established 74 centres nationwide, “64 are fully operational while 10 are at various stages of completion.”
He said youths do not have any reason to remain idle at home. “Learn some vocational skills. It is a vehicle for you to reassert your own dignity, occupy a productive place and feel useful and contribute positively to the family, community and the nation at large,” he said.