420 graduates gets N16.1Million from NDE

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa State says that N16.1 million has been disbursed to 420 graduate trainees in the state between 2001 and 2014.
The state NDE Coordinator, Alhaji Idris Wase, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday 14th of January 2015 in Keffi.

Wase said that the resettlement scheme is a community- based training scheme designed to provide short term intensive training to unemployed youths and women.

NDE came in to existence in 1986, saddled with the responsibilities of training people, especially the youths and women in different skills and make them self-relaint nationwide.

The Federal Government has established the scheme to fight the high rate of unemployment and poverty which has degenerated into anti-social activities such as violent crimes, insecurity, armed robbery, drug and human trafficking among others.
From 2001 to date under the resettlement scheme, the  agency has disbursed tools and equipment worth N16.14 million to more than 420 graduate trainees in order to assist them to establish businesses and become self-relaint.

"The graduate trainees has been trained in different skills such as barbing, tailoring, hand set repairs, blacksmithing, hair dressing, knitting, painting, photography and video coverage amongst others" he said.

Wase commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his support to the Programme aimed at fighting poverty, unemployment and reduction of youths'  restiveness nationwide.

He assured the people of the state of the agency's determination to initiate positive strategies geared toward managing their peculiar poverty, unemployment and youths restiveness.

The state coordinator also urged Nigerians, especially youths to embrace different skills that would make them self-reliant and employers of labour.

We have IBS too, just like LBS!

Yes, Ibadan Business School (IBS) at 26, Francis Okedeji street, old Bodija, Ibadan established over the years has stepped up it game as The World Bank said via a letter "We have seen and visited toir facilities and i am happy to inform you that the World Bank is willing to partner with your institution and to introduce your programme to World Bank supported project teams in Nigeria". The World Bank team led by the Lead Procurement Specialist Africa Region, Chief Bayo Awesemusi after visiting IBS said 'this is an incredibly excellent training in Nigeria. The facility and Location is extremely convenient for Learning. The Bank will like to partner with the Management to ensure that the programme is introduced to other African Countries.

World bank has teamed up with Ibadan Business School (IBS) to appraise rhe adequacy of our facilities and capacities for the delivery of proposed Professional Certificate Programmes (Classroom based) Entrepreneurship Education and Training (class room based) and Regular Certificate Education Programme in E-learning courses (online based). Chairman of Ibadan Business School (IBS) Professor Oladapo Afolabi, during a press Conference said the key solution to our national growing unemployment crisis strategically lies in the public sector which currently drives the economy. IBS has designed, through its Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmea to learn critical capacity support to this sector. Sources/ Photos: vanguard, www.ibadanbusinessschool.com www.worldbank.com