Sokoto NDE To Train 72 Youths In Solar Energy

In continuation of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI 2), the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) successful Sokoto State has flagged disconnected grooming of 72 participants connected Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS) and Solar Energy Training Scheme (SETS).
NDE had earlier successful the RHEI 2 trained implicit 1,072 unemployed Sokoto youths successful entrepreneurship, agriculture, ICT and different activities successful the nationalist works sector.

Addressing the gathering connected behalf of NDE manager general, Silas Agara, the Sokoto State acting coordinator of NDE, Malam Lukman Abubakar, said the directorate made important strides astatine the commencement of the 2nd signifier of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI 2) successful 2025, thereby fulfilling its mandate of employment generation.

“By aligning with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. TRenewed Hope Agenda among different objectives, emphasizes economical growth, occupation instauration and poorness alleviation.

“Leveraging this lofty ideal, the NDE with the progressive enactment of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment embarked connected the Second Phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI 2). The strategical goals of these trainings were expanding trainee employability, supporting small-scale enterprises, promoting cultivation productivity, improving agrarian infrastructure and providing transient jobs”

While stating that trainees for EBTS and SETS were drawn from the 36 states of the federation, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Agara clarified that a minimum of 4 persons were drawn from each of the 8,809 electoral wards successful Nigeria to further guarantee inclusivity.

“Furthermore, a full fig of 14,457 beneficiaries are expected to beryllium resettled with starter packs to assistance them found themselves successful their chosen fields. At the extremity of the 2nd signifier of the RHEI 2, it is our sincere anticipation that the participants would beryllium equipped positively with skills to heighten their employability, foster entrepreneurship mindsets successful them and amended livelihoods to lend to their communities and the economical maturation of the nation”, helium enthused.

Earlier successful his invited address, the Sokoto State NDE Head of Department of Special Public Works, Malam Jibril Yinusa stressed that NDE remained committed to creating decent jobs for Nigerians, hence urging beneficiaries to beryllium committed and punctual during the trading period.