{"id":347733,"date":"2025-09-12T01:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347733"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:20:26","slug":"fg-flaggs-of-renewed-hope-employment-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347733","title":{"rendered":"FG Flaggs Of Renewed Hope Employment\u00a0 Initiative\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">As part of its programme to empower Young Nigerians with the necessary employability skills, the Federal Government, through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has flagged off the second phase of the &#8220;Renewed Hope Employment Initiative&#8221; (RHEI).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Performing the ceremony in Port Harcourt, the Director General of NDE, Silas Ali Agara, said the second phase of the programme will absorbed over 41,307 youths across the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Agara said the first phase of the programme, which was flagged off December 2024, successfully trained 32,692 unskilled and unemployed Nigerians in demand-driven skills across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the DG, who was represented by the Rivers State Coordinator of the Programme, Matthew Amala, &#8220;The strategic goals were increasing trainee employability, supporting small scale enterprises, promoting agricultural productivity, improving rural infrastructure and providing transient jobs.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, over 5000 beneficiaries were resettled with loans and starter packs, while linkages to credit institutions for those that could not be accommodated under the Directorate&#8217;s soft loan scheme was ongoing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;As we reflect on the achievements of the first phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative, I&#8217;m excited that the second phase is being flagged off today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;In the second phase, NDE will train 41,307 persons in over 30 skills set, ranging from vocational, entrepreneurial, agricultural, ICT, and activities in the public works sector.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We have improved and digitalized our processes through a robust registration portal fully equipped with scalable backends and geofenced capabilities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;This has made our processes more transparent, fair, equitable, as well as providing us with a credible database&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The DG said at the end of the training, a total of 14,457 will be resettled with starter packs to help them establish themselves in their chosen fields.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It&#8217;s our sincere expectation that the participants would be equipped positively with skills to enhance their employability, foster entrepreneurship mindsets in them and improving livelihoods to contribute to their community and the economic growth of the Nation&#8221;, he added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said despite the challenges of limited budgetary resources, the NDE remains committed to equipping unemployed Nigerians with demand driven skills in order to empower these individuals to become employers of labour and future wealth creators.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">John Bibor &amp; Edidiong Johnson<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its programme to empower Young Nigerians with the necessary employability skills, the Federal Government, through the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), has flagged off the second phase of the &#8220;Renewed Hope Employment Initiative&#8221; (RHEI). 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