Twenty-one persons of Rivers State origin trained in Dubai on customers’ service delivery scheme have been enjoined to keep the knowledge they acquired afloat through regular practices in order not to waste the skills acquired.

The Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Hon Ipalibo Harry said this when the grandaunds paid him a courtesy visit in Port Harcourt.

The commissioner assured them of immediate employment as soon as jobs were made available in Park and Shop Mall, stressing that he had been in constant dialogue with the multinational companies operating in the state to create job opportunities in order to curb unemployment rates.

In order to boost his assurance of job creation, the commissioner had, in a telephone conversation with the General Manager, Park and Shop inquired of the company’s readiness to employ the grandaunds.

Responding, the General Managr, Human Resources expressed the company’s strong determination to absorb the graduands as soon as the compnay’s building construction worked were completed and maintained, “we are hastening up to ensure the building were completed as soon as possible,” ‘nevertheless, those who have filed their Curriculum Vitae with the organisation would be engaged temporally pending when the building constructions were completed to immortalise their employment,’  the General Manager Human Rsource added.

Hon Ipalibo Harry used the medium to enjoin the graduands to be law abiding and be of good behaviour for people to appreciate the gesture line expressed by the good governance of the present administration towards people oriented programmes.

Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Comfort Iragunima, enjoined the graduands to engage in voluntary employment in order to eschew truancy, laxity and waste of knowledge acquired, stressing that companies you engage in active free service may appreciate you in which ever way applicable to them.” She therefore, encouraged them not to relent, but grow in the rank and improve in their experience.”

Mrs Iragunima also urged the trainees not to allow the experience acquired remain dormant and stressed that by making themselves available for free jobs may pave way to employment and so wished them the best.

Responding, one of the grandaunds Mr Akiri Cirant said that they were in the ministry to thank Governor Rotimi Amaechi-led administration to offer them two weeks intensive training on the customer’s service in December 2012 and urged the Hon. Commissioner to use his good officer and make the government provide them with enabling environment to plough back the knowledge they acquired so as to better standard of living.