Unemployment: NDE to empower 93,731 Nigerians

The process for enrolling about 93,731 Nigerians mostly youths for empowerment by the National Directorates of Employment NDE is on going across the country.

Nasarawa state coordinator of the program, Mr.Joshua Fagbemi, disclosed this to journalist in Lafia the state capital on Friday.

Fagbemi said the gesture is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s renewed hope employment initiative to equip the teaming youth on skills acquisition, training in vocational agriculture, entrepreneurial skills, transient jobs and activities in the public works sector.

He explained that the training would last for 3 months, adding that the ten days registration process has already commenced online.

He added that each ward across the local government areas in Nigeria would enroll ten persons each.

The state coordinator maintained that successful candidates would start the training on the 5th day of November same month and ends on the last day of December 2024.

He promised to empowered successful candidates financially to start their businesses

The aim of the program, he said, was to address the high level of employment, hunger and criminalities in the land.

He called on interested persons to log on to www. NDE.Gov.NG to apply.