The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Council will empower 35,000 young Nigerians with entrepreneurial and vocational skills.
Director-General of the support group Seyi Bamigbade noted that the initiative is imperative because youths constitute part of the working class with the strength and energy to contribute to the country’s development. According to him, youth empowerment is critical and essential to the sustenance, growth, and development of any nation.
He said: “In line with the feasibility studies carried out by various development experts, it is generally accepted that to have functional and sustainable development in Nigeria, there is a need for the youths to be empowered with viable skills.
“It’s on this premise that the Professionals Council of the APC will be providing training and succor for 37,000 youths on skills, with soft loan and empowerment, across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
Bamigbade added that the one-week training will help to enhance the capacity of graduates, unemployed, and the vulnerable in entrepreneurship and business skills.
According to him, the training will be delivered by skilled and experienced technical experts in vocational skills, with support from specialized government institutions.
He said participants will be provided with the knowledge, skills, and correct entrepreneurship attitudes in line with best global practices with business plans, identification of business opportunities, selling and marketing strategies, accessing business finance, customer care, and legal regulatory issues on website design.
Other areas include online marketing, fashion design and tailoring, leather works, photography, hair dressing, block/brick making, GSM repairs, makeup and tilling, dry cleaning business, crop farming, fish farming, poultry, animal husbandry, GSM repairs and graphics design, among others.
The empowerment will be held across the three senatorial districts of each state and the seven local council areas of the FCT. Continue Reading
