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The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Suleiman Halilu has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s focus on job creation and employment generation ithrough his Renewed Hope Agenda.
This is as NASENI, at the weekend, empowered 200 Imo State youths in modern electrical installations and maintenance.
Mr Halilu said that the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government has inspired NASENI to embark on training of 200 young individuals from Imo who benefited from the five-day comprehensive training in the special vocation of electrical installation and maintenance, which began on Monday and ended yesterday in Owerri.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of the NASENI Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment programme, held at the Rockview Hotel Owerri, Imo State, the EVC/CEO said that NASENI took the participants through access to capacity enhancement modules in modern electrical installation and maintenance and advanced training tools like multi-meter testers and cordless drilling machines, aimed at equipping them with necessary skills and knowledge to undertake electrical installation and maintenance with enhanced proficiency.
“In the 21st Century, the significance and value of technical and vocational skills cannot be over-emphasized, especially in a developing country like ours. The economic opportunities are limitless, for those who realize the value and commit themselves to learning and re-learning.
“More so, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government’s focus on job creation and youth development aligns perfectly with the goals of NASENI and the programme,” the NASENI boss said.
As a federal agency, he explained, that NASENI remains steadfast in its commitment to realizing the Renewed Hope agenda and opportunity for the people.
He recalled President Tinubu’s eight-point Renewed Hope Agenda which identifies crucial sectors for economic development: Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Economic Growth & Job Creation, Access to Capital & Consumer Credit, Inclusivity, Improved Security, Fair Playing Field & Rule of Law, and Fighting Corruption.
He expressed NASENI’s gratitude to President Tinubu for creating enabling agency to organize the training and capacity building programme for the youths in Imo State.
He said it is through the President’s vision and dedication that NASENI, established in 1992, has continued to drive the development of science, technology, engineering and innovation in Nigeria.
The governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma whose state’s citizens benefited from the NASENI training programme joined in praising the president for focusing on critical issues of job creation and youths’ empowerment especially at this time when the nation is going through a difficult economic phase. He said: “Youth empowerment and giving fresh skills to citizens to cope with new trends in service delivery in their various vocations is the only measure to keep them in their jobs and make them relevant”.
The governor said he was grateful to President Tinubu and the EVC/CEO of NASENI for considering Imo citizens in the implementation of the Skill Acquisition Training and Empowerment Programme.
Uzodimma said that he felt fulfilled each time he was able to put smiles on the faces of the youths in the state because they are the future of the state.
He said that he believes that the initiative by NASENI has the potential not only to empower the youths, but also to create wealth and to chat a viable economic future for the participating youths.
Imo, he said, was the only place where NASENI has empowered about 200 youths, adding that for other states, usually 100 participants were selected.
Uzodinma said that he was impressed that such an empowerment opportunity came during his administration and under the watch of a new administration of President Tinubu.
He announced a cash donation of N100,000 to each of the participants, in addition to the N20,000 for transportation which was given to them by NASENI, as start off fund as they move into practicing of modern Electrical Installation and Maintenance.
At the closing ceremony, the NASENI boss handed over to 300 vulnerable women in the state the NASENI Save 80 Efficient Cook Stove.
Mr Halilu appreciated Governor Uzodimma for his commitment to improving the lives of the people of Imo, and for his invaluable support for the NASENI initiative.
