Anambra Youths Commissioner Monitors One Youth, Two Skills Apprenticeship Master Trainers
Mr Patrick Aghamba, Commissioner for Youth Empowerment in Anambra has charged participants in the “One Youth Two Skills” apprenticeship programme to take their training seriously.
Aghamba gave the advice during an inspection visit to some training centres in the state on Thursday.
One Youth Two Skills apprenticeship programme is Gov. Chukwuma Soludo administration’s initiative to empower no fewer than 130,000 youths with marketable skills and entrepreneurial skill with the aim of producing 1,000 millionaire youths every year.
Aghamba who spoke in Onitsha said his tour of the training centres across the 21 LGAs in the state was to assess the level of progress achieved in the ongoing programme.
The team led by the Commissioner, Mr Patrick Agha Mba stated that the monitoring exercise is to ensure that the program is going on smoothly across the 21 LGA.
The Commissioner commended the selected master trainers for keying into the State Government’s programme and urged them to ensure its success by handling the trainees under them with utmost diligence.
He said the government was working with 468 master trainers across the 21 LGAs and that the inspection visit would cover all of them to ensure they complied with set standards.
“The state government is committed and passionate to achieve the youth empowerment program so as to enable the unemployed youths meaningfully.
“I commend the trainers for being among the team that is driving the program and the trainees should keep their interest alive to ensure they come out better after the training,” he said.
Some of the centres visited were Onyemelukwe Institute of Management and Technology, Joycee Fingers Foods, De Gucci Soft Care, IJ Fashion World, Exotic Signatures makeup school, Judah Naturals Hair Salon.
Others were Auto Care Digital Garage, Chinaka Auto Panel Beater, Tetra Dipole Tech. Computer Training Center, Clefe O Clem Concept Ltd. Property company and De Juicy Signature.
In a reaction, Rev. Azuka Chukwuma the Director, Institute of Management and Technology explained that the institute had five departments which included fashion/designs, catering services, information communication technology, cosmetology and salon.
Chukwuma said his centre had 138 youths undergoing the empowerment programme under its tutelage
