39 Nigerian artisans depart for Belarus under NDE’a global job placement scheme

— FG advises them to beryllium bully ambassadors

…As Agara says programme volition extremity irregular migration

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THIRTY-nine artisans from Benue State person departed for the Republic of Belarus nether the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, planetary occupation placement programme, a cardinal inaugural of the Federal Government aimed astatine promoting harmless and regular migration pathways for skilled workers.

This is arsenic the Federal Government has advised the 39 Nigerian departing artisans to transportation the pridefulness of the federation and let their professionalism and integrity talk loudly.

The authorities besides told the artisans to honour their contracts, respect their hosts, and fto their excellence archer the Nigerian communicative of resilience and skill, adding that their occurrence overseas indispensable construe into maturation astatine home.

The beneficiaries are expected to instrumentality up employment opportunities successful Belarus’s operation sector, successful enactment with the government’s committedness to creating decent jobs and curbing irregular migration.

Speaking astatine a pre-departure ceremonial successful Abuja, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Rt. Hon. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, said the programme was a impervious that Nigerian endowment is not lone susceptible but besides globally competitive.

She explained that the inaugural was calved from collaboration betwixt the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Benue State Government, the NDE, the Benue State Bureau of Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation, and Enhanced Entrepreneurs Belarus Nig. Co. Ltd., demonstrates that existent advancement thrives connected alignment among stakeholders.

She said: “As a Ministry, our ngo nether the Renewed Hope Agenda is clear: to guarantee each Nigerian tin entree decent, safe, and sustainable work. The International Job Placement Programme embodies that vision, proving that Nigerian endowment is not lone susceptible but globally competitive.

“But this is conscionable the beginning. The satellite of enactment is changing rapidly. To enactment ahead, Nigeria indispensable deepen planetary partnerships that beforehand cognition transfer, exertion exchange, and vulnerability to champion practices. Programmes similar this equip Nigerian professionals with planetary insights that fortify our home capableness and competitiveness.

“By engaging globally, we speech innovation and standards that uplift our workforce and presumption Nigeria arsenic a trusted subordinate successful the planetary labour economy. To our departing artisans, you transportation the pridefulness of our nation. Let your professionalism and integrity talk loudly. Honour your contracts, respect your hosts, and fto your excellence archer the Nigerian communicative of resilience and skill. Remember, occurrence overseas indispensable construe into maturation astatine home.”

In his invited address, the Director General of NDE, Silas Agara, commended the Benue State Government for its assurance successful the Directorate and its partners, some wrong and extracurricular Nigeria, successful ensuring that qualified Nigerians entree decent jobs overseas with dignity.

He said, “We are collectively declaring present contiguous that young Nigerians nary longer request to undertake the unsafe journeys crossed the Sahara Desert oregon hazard drowning successful the Mediterranean Sea to scope Europe. All they request present are skills, competency, and the enactment of immoderate subnational authorities to payment from the International Job Placement Programme.”

Agara explained that beyond its relation successful creating wide employment for the unskilled and unemployed, the NDE besides has a statutory mandate to facilitate occupation linkages.

He revealed that the collaboration betwixt NDE and Enhanced Entrepreneurs Belarus Nig. Co. Ltd., which began successful 2019, has successfully secured employment opportunities for Nigerian artisans successful assorted operation fields successful Belarus.

“We reached retired to each State Governments to spouse with EBNC successful exploring opportunities successful the booming operation assemblage successful the Republic of Belarus for the payment of our skilled artisans,” helium said.

“Beyond the contiguous vantage of decent jobs, this programme offers Nigeria an unfastened doorway to the creaseless transportation of skills and technology, arsenic the participants volition beryllium exposed to world-class standards successful operation skills and practices which they tin transportation to Nigeria eventually.”

Agara expressed assurance that the artisans, who are the pioneer beneficiaries of the initiative, would uphold their contractual obligations and service arsenic worthy ambassadors of some Benue State and Nigeria.

“I cannot overemphasize the request for them to amusement themselves arsenic worthy ambassadors of Benue State and the Nigerian Natio...