N’Delta Ministry Embarks On Youth Empowerment

The Ministry of Niger
Delta Affairs, says it has embarked on empowering the youth in the region through various forms of training, so as to make them productive and independent.
Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Cladius Omoloye, who disclosed this to newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa recently said that this training scheme will come in batches.
He said that the first batch of trainees who had completed their training had been given the sum of N300,000 each to establish themselves, two weeks ago.
“We have another 60 youth who are undergoing training at the Oyo State Polytechnic, Ibadan in different skills acquisition.
“We are also planning to send another 60 youth to the Joseph Babalola University in Osun State by the end of October.
“We are doing all of this to be able to withdraw these youth from the creeks, and with that the problem of restiveness will be reduced”, he said.
Apart from those that were and are undergoing trainings at various institutions of higher learning, the Minister also explained that the ministry had also made efforts to train other youth.
According to him, another 60 youth were sent to Calabar in Cross River State in July this year to be trained for four weeks in the area of handset repairing, and that they were mobilised and equipped to carry on their work and be independent.

Corlins Walter