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| Gov. Umar Namadi |
By Salisu K Ismail
As part of realising his 12 point agenda which comprised youth training and development, Governor Umar Namadi has signed a memorandum of understanding with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to train and reduced the number of unemployed youth in Jigawa state.
Governor Umar Namadi while speaking shortly after signing the at the MoU signing in his office, said there is urgent need between government and all relevant stakeholders to hands on desk towards addressing youth unemployment through skills training and empowerment.
"With the current number of jobless youth, the country is sitting on a time bomb, if action is not taken," Namadi alarmed.
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| A cross section of ITF officials |
The Governor also said, the number of teaming youth in the country without work to do is a source of concern to any responsible leader and good person in the nation.
He hinted that, "The current security challenges and other social vices bedevilling our country are product of poverty and unemployment which if properly addressed the narration can changed to good."
"I am optimistic this MoU we signed today will facilitate the achievement of our desire goals," Governor Namadi told the ITF boss
Speaking earlier, the Direction General, Industrial Training Fund, Mr. Joseph Ari said that, Nigerian population is a comparative advantage to the nation if properly trained and equipped with the needed skills.
He assured the Jigawa state government that, ITF is ever ready to support Jigawa state government to achieve it's desired goals in the area of equipping youth with the needed technical know-how and skills acquisition for them to become self-reliant.
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