NDE trains 3,100 Yobe IDPs on various skills

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) said it has commenced training of 3,100 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe state on various trades for self-reliance. The state Coordinator, NDE, Yunusa W. Umar, disclosed this at the flag-off of the training exercise this weekend, in Damaturu. He said the training would provide simple vocational skills to […]

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) said it has commenced training of 3,100 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe state on various trades for self-reliance.

The state Coordinator, NDE, Yunusa W. Umar, disclosed this at the flag-off of the training exercise this weekend, in Damaturu.

He said the training would provide simple vocational skills to enable the unemployed IDPs established their own businesses so as to contribute wealth to the state and the nation.

He explained that the beneficiaries were shared among the 17 local government areas of the state, adding that the distribution was made based on the scale of damage in the affected councils.

"The most affected LGAs got the highest number; Gujba, 605; Gulani, 582; Damaturu, 550; and the remaining 1,363 was spread among other 14 LGAs", he said.

He noted that the male beneficiaries would be trained on barbing, tailoring, tiles and inter-lock making while women would undergo training on sewing, knitting, hair dressing, and cosmetology among others.

The coordinator commended the DG for initiating the programme saying it would go a long way in ensuring a secured and better future for youths in the state.