In a bid to provide job opportunities under the Renewed Hope initiative, 4,876 people have been targeted to benefit in Kano courtesy of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Kano Friday, the Director General of the NDE, Mr. Silas A. Agara, said the current initiative had been designed to ensure that a total of 93,731 unskilled and unemployed persons benefitted across the country.
He stated that inclusiveness had been a cardinal consideration, adding that the Directorate had ensured that a minimum of 10 persons from each of the 8,809 wards in the country were recruited to benefit from the programme.
The DG, who was represented by the NDE state coordinator in Kano, Malam Saad Yarima Iya, said the Directorate under his leadership had ensured the adoption of cutting edge technology in the design and execution of the programme.
In his remarks, Iya said the job creation initiative of the Directorate which was in line with the Renewed Hope agenda of President Ahmed Tinubu’s administration would also provide start-up capital equipment and working tools at the end of the training.
