The Co-ordinator of the
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Bayelsa State, Mr Apakasa David, has urged unemployed youths in the state to embrace skills acquisition training.
David told newsmen in Yenagoa that youths in the state were not enthusiastic about NDE’s skill acquisition programmes.
The co-ordinator reminded the youths that the Federal Government was tackling youths’ unemployment and making them self-reliant through the directorate’s training programmes.
“You have to build yourself to be a boss of your own. It is not good roaming the street when there are skills acquisition centres to equip yourself.
“NDE is doing well in reducing unemployment in Bayelsa and we have carried out many training programmes in the state.
“We have rural farming skills development scheme, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training, as well as trainings in bakery, sewing and others,” he said.
David, however, said inadequate funding was a very big challenge to the performance of the directorate in the state.
The co-ordinator said if adequate fund was available, many youths would participate in the directorate’s training programmes.
David urged private individuals and organisations to support government’s efforts by assisting the trainees with funds to start business after their training.
He said government alone could not tackle unemployment, adding that everyone had a role to play for the nation to overcome the dangers of unemployment.