Rivers
NGO Trains 2000 Youths On Skills Acquisition
The “Hope of future foundation”, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has so far trained 2000 youths on free skill acquisition in order to alleviate the economic burden of youths in Rivers State.
The executive director of the body, Mr Akupue Robinson, who stated this to The Tide during the formal opening ceremony of the free skill acquisition programme at Logos Ministry, Port Harcourt, said the essence of the programme was to contribute to the socio-economic development of youths in Nigeria.
According to him, the programme, which will last for three weeks, will develop the capacity of youths on leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
The courses to be taken, according to him, are catering, computer engineering and basic electrical installation/wiring.
Others include, Solar energy, GSM engineering and Beads/hat making.
“Apart from these courses to be carried out, the body has also collaborated with a Micro Finance bank to grant soft loan of N100,000 with 3 per cent interest to successful youths in the programme”, he stated.
The executive director further stated that in order to ascertain the impact of the skills acquired, a monitoring team has been put in place to check the effectives of the programme carried out by beneficiaries in the state.
Also speaking, the pastor of the church, Pastor Isaac Ikuomola advised youths to make good use of the programme.
One of the beneficiary, Miss Ominini Asimiea expressed appreciation over the opportunity given to them, adding that “I have been looking for such opportunity”.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.