The Phone and Allied\u00a0Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDAN) has said that the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, creates no fewer than over 8000 job opportunities for Nigerian youths.
\nPresident, PAPDAN, said Mr Ifeanyi Akabue, in an interview with newsmen in Lagos recently.
\nHe said that the figure was for only those engaged with his association, aside from other trade associations in the location.
\nAkabue said that because of the rate of unemployment in the country, the hub had offered lots of jobs, including online or digital marketing.
\nHe, however, said many of the young people do not have shops at the hub to transact their businesses.
\nAccording to him, the association has conducted training for \u00a0over 200 people on online marketing within the last six months.
\n\u2018\u2019So many of our young ones are in online marketing, we had a training\u00a0 for our members and workers.
\n\u2018\u2019Over 200 young people have been trained in the last six months, since after the COVID-19 and EndSars saga.
\n\u2018\u2019Some of our members have empowered those trained by supplying goods to them on trust to sell and make refunds later.
\n\u2018\u2019The training has had a multiplying effect on the employment rate of youths in the country,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nAkabue, therefore, advised policy makers to encourage the young ones by patronising local content.
\nHe said that there were a lot of talented young ones that need government, organisation and individuals support to promote their works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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