The
Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) on Friday began the
training of 100 unemployed youths in various skills’ under its Youth
Empowerment and Skills’ Acquisition Programme.
The training, the eighth under the programme, was targeted at some of the unemployed youths from the company’s host communities.
Alhaji Abdullahi Idris, KRPC Executive
Director, Services, said the more than 900 youths had benefited since
the programme was introduced in 2008. According to him, the programme is
part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and is designed
to support government’s efforts in poverty eradication, containing youth
restiveness and tackling unemployment.
Idris said the training covered more
than 16 trades that include : Plaster of Paris (POP), welding and
fabrication, plumbing, pipe-fitting, electrical installation, rewiring,
carpentry, woodwork, and fashion design.
It also includes : poultry farming,
auto-mechanic, auto- spray painting, handset repair, photography and
visual imaging and panel beating, he said. “I want to reassure you that
the general review of the programme will soon commence and all areas
including consultancy fees will be given serious attention in the next
edition of the programme,” he said.
Mr Aminu Daneji, Manager, Public Affairs
Division of the company, said the 100 youths would be empowered with
skills so that they could become engaged in useful ventures. Also, Mr A.
B, Makama, who spoke on behalf of the host communities, commended the
company for the initiative, stressing that the youths were the backbone
of any country.
Makama said the involvement of youths in
skills acquisition would make them become responsible citizens, who
would contribute positively to national building. One of the
participants, Tobias Aboki, pledged that the trainees would be punctual,
disciplined, serve as good ambassadors of their communities during the
training.
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