ITF trained 500 artisans in Niger in 2016 – Area Manager
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Minna, March 23, 2017 (NAN) The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), said on Thursday that it trained 500 people in Niger on different vocational skills, under the National Industrial Skills Development programme, in 2016.
Its Area Manager in the state, Mrs. Ifeoma Ihezue, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Minna.
Ihezue said that the beneficiaries trained on aluminum production, bead making, carpentry and sewing.
“The ITF has continued to monitor beneficiaries to keep them on track. We are also collaborating with the Bank of Industry to enable them secure loans to set up their own businesses,” she said.
She called on the state government to empower the beneficiaries so that they would create jobs and become assets to a flourishing society.
“We must work together to keep our youths off the streets; while ITF is training them, the state should help those trained to use such skills,” she said. (NAN)
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Edited by Bayo Sekoni and Ephraims Sheyin