Economy

FG Empowers PWDs in South-West

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In a bid to address economic challenges among persons with disabilities, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has organized a 3-day capacity building and empowerment workshop on income-generating activities.

The workshop, held in Ibadan for the Southwest zone, was designed to train persons with disabilities on various vocational skills.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq said the workshop was part of the ministry’s efforts at combating the challenges confronting the advancement of persons with disabilities for sustainable national development.

Represented by Director, Special Needs Department of the ministry, Mrs Nkechi Onwukwe, the Minister noted that elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against persons with disabilities, as well as, empowering them economically would go a long way in unbundling their full potential.

“I want to assure you that the federal government remains committed to doing her bit in shaping the country to become more inclusive through disability sensitive policies and programming. I, therefore, call on all and sundry to support the efforts of governments at all levels in achieving the desired goal of a country devoid of all forms of discrimination against PWDs”

“I also want to assure you that the federal government will continue to be sensitive to the needs of PWDs and support the realization of their potentials to enable them to live a fulfilled life”

The facilitator of the workshop, Mr Kolawole Taiwo said the participants would be trained on vocational skills including fish farming, mobile phone repairs and soap making.

Mr Taiwo added that after the workshop, the participants would be given 100,000 naira each as a start-up grant.

Two of the participants, Funsho Olajide and Olayinka Ileyemi commended the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development for the workshop, expressing optimism that the training would give them the opportunity of having a solid means of livelihood.

Radio Nigeria gathered that 30 participants, drawn from states in the southwest attended the workshop.

Oluwakayode Banjo

News Yoruba

O Le Leedegbeta Awon Odo To Janfani Ise Ninu Isin Keta Eto N. Power

By Web News 788

O le leedegbeta awon odo kaakiri ile yi ti won ti gba sise labe eto N power isin keta iha akoko re.

Nibi ifilole re nilu Abuja, alakoso foro ifomoniyanse, amojuto isele ijamba, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq ni liana gbangba laranta ni won lo lati mu won to war o awon olukopa lati samulo anfani ti won fun won.

Nigbati o nsoro, alakoso keji foro ile ise nla-nla, okoowo ati idokowo, Hajiya Mariam Katagun o ro awon odo naa lati je asoju rere, ki won si lo anfani ti won ni lati tubo fi ni imo sii.

Alakoso foro iroyin, Alhaji Lai Mohammed ni eto naa lati igbati won ti da sile ti sise bu irinse ati dekun aini suuru awon odo.

Alhaji Muhammed eniti akowe agba ile ise ijoba foro-iroyin omowe Ifeoma Anyanwutak soju fun tenumo ipinu ijoba lati kase ise  ohun, o si nile.

 

FRCN, Abuja/Owonikoko

Economy

FG Employs 510,000 Into N-Power Batch C1

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Over five hundred thousand youths across the country have been absorbed into the N-Power Batch C stream 1 exercise.

At the inauguration in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, said the selection criteria, was transparent and credible and urged the participants to utilize the opportunity given to them.

‘‘1,000,000 beneficiaries will be manned from this as the NPower Batch C. Batch C is divided into 2 streams. Stream C1 for 510,000 beneficiaries and stream C2 for 490,000 beneficiaries. Under the Batch C1, a total of 450,000 have been selected to benefit under the graduate component, while 60,000 beneficiaries will be non-graduate beneficiaries’’

Hajiya sadiya said some innovations were introduced to ensure a seamless exercise

‘‘To ensure that the challenges of communication is addressed, most particularly as it relates to limitations on information flow and internet access across the country and in a bid to provide accessibility to all target programme applicants and beneficiaries, the Ministry has concluded to provide access to information via a USSD code’’

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Mariam Katagum who urged the youths to be good ambassadors implore other youths to take advantages of other empowerment programme.

The Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Muhammed noted the program since inception has been a veritable tool for curbing youth’s restiveness

Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, the Minister stressed the administration objective of lifting Nigerians out of poverty.

Some of the beneficiaries thanked the Federal Government for giving them the opportunity to service.

The N-Power program is a component of the National Social Investment Programme, NSIPs initiated in 2016 to address issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development.  

At the initial take off with Batch A in 2016 Three hundred and fifty thousand youths benefitted and consequently three hundred thousand were absorbed in 2017 for Batch B.

FRCN, Abuja