The Niger Delta Ministry has inaugurated a multi-skill vocational centre in Edo State.
The move is in fulfilment of the ministry’s job-creation and wealth-generation programmes in the Niger Delta region.
According to a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Deworitshe Patricia, the new centre has training facility for footwear design, fashion design, carpentry, catering, and hairdressing.
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While inaugurating the centre, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Umana, noted described vocational training as. viable pathway to creating jobs and wealth in the region.
Umana was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Olufunsho Adebiyi, who added that the facility was one of the gains of the infrastructure agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
He said, “The project construction, which was awarded in two phases, December 2020 and December 2021, was in pursuance of the ministry’s mandate with the goal of training youths to acquire technical skills in the Niger Delta region that can be beneficial in transforming them into wealth and job creators.
“This commissioning is an eloquent testimony to the unwavering commitment of the Federal Government towards redressing the inequalities in the Niger Delta region. I am certain that the construction which was handled by local and indigenous contractors has benefitted the communities through the employment opportunities created for the youths.”
Umana said similar centres were being developed by the ministry in each of the nine states of the Niger Delta region.
