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By Zika Bobby
The Mike Egbayelo Foundation recently organised its first Youth Empowerment Summit at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat at the Apapa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Tagged: ‘Empowerment for APC Apapa Youths,’ the event witnessed over 200 youths who were engaged in vocational training in employability training, digital market training, photography, video recording and editing, catering as well as shoe and bag making.The two-day event, which held at the party’s secretariat in Apapa, also featured the provision of empowerment tools for select beneficiaries.
The sponsor of the event, Mike Oladunjoye Egbayelo, said the programme was conceived by his foundation to empower the vibrant and hardworking youths, who worked for the party’s victory. He said the programme was initiated to promote self-reliance and sustainability in view of the present economic realities.
“This programme is in two dimensions. One, it is intended to provide our youths with tools of getting gainful employment – for those who prefer the white-collar jobs. Also, it is designed to provide training and capacity for our teeming youths to learn useful trades that would help them become entrepreneurs and employers of labour. The employability-training module covers resume training, interview skills, etiquette and effective communication skills to improve their capacity and give them an edge when competing for career jobs. The vocational training, on the other hand, will afford them the opportunity to learn useful trades like photography, video recording and editing, catering, shoe and bag making, amongst others. At the end of the training, select beneficiaries will get start-up equipment like oven, gas cooker, toast machine, sewing machine, clippers and phone-centre canopies, ete., to empower them.”
After the training, some of the beneficiaries told Daily Sun that they were really happy to have been part of such a laudable programme. They urged the foundation to make it an annual event. “This is the first time I would be benefitting from such a project. Now I know how to bake cake and I intend going into cake business,” said Miss Bukky Adewale.
Present at the event were the former Commissioner for Home Affairs and APC leader in Apapa, Hon. Tunde Balogun, party council chairman, Alhaji Fatai Sanni, and former leader of the Apapa Local Government Legislative Council, Hon. Banjo Makanjuola, among others.
