The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Friday said it would continue to exhibit inclusiveness in its Renewed Hope Employment Initiative aimed at checking the scourge of unemployment in the country.
The Director-General of NDE, Mr. Silas A. Agara, said this at the flag-off of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative of 93, 731 beneficiaries across the country.
Agara, represented by the Plateau state zonal coordinator , Mr. Emmanuel Dimka, said the initiative was part of the directives of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s overhauling of the Directorate for optimal employment creations.
He said, “The Renewed Hope Employment Initiative is our modest short term effort at checking the scourge of unemployment in Nigeria.
“The current employment initiative has been designed to engage a total of 93,731 unskilled and unemployed persons across Nigeria. Inclusiveness has been a cardinal consideration as we designed this programme. We have ensured that a minimum of 10 persons from each of the 8, 809 electoral wards in Nigeria were recruited.”
He added that under his watch, the NDE had assured the adoption of cutting edge technology in the design and execution of the programme, where all applicants registered through the Directorate online portal which for the first the NDE had a credible database of its beneficiaries.
Some of the prospective trainees expressed appreciation for their selection, saying it was a good thing for them to be selected.
