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FG to train 1,500 Niger Delta youths in various skills

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The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to train about 1,500 youths from the Niger Delta region in its various skill acquisition programs in 2019.

Dr. Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, the Chief Consultant, Siegener Sabithos Nigeria Limited, one of the organizations partnering FG in the training, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan.

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He explained that the training was part of government’s efforts at increasing the human capital development in the country as well as check agitations and unrest, particularly in the Niger Delta areas.

Anifowose-Kelani said that 30 youths from the Niger Delta, were already trained in fish production, farming, Information Communication Technology (ICT), business development and entrepreneurial skills.

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Anifowose-Kelani said that the empowerment program was not only a means of fast tracking development but an avenue to actualize the human capital development programmes of the federal government.

“This empowerment program is not only a means of fast tracking development of the entire region, but one of the ways to actualize the federal government’s human capital development program. It is the belief of the federal government that in addition to infrastructure, human capital development is quite vital and essential for the growth and development of any nation.

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He commended the initiative by the federal government as well as the commitment of the Minister of Niger Delta, Mr Usani Uguru Usani, to the program.

Anifowose-Kelani charged those who had already benefited from the program to replicate the knowledge gained in their respective communities for the overall development of their people.

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