1,438 corps members have been reportedly trained by the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), in Jigawa. The scheme had announced that the training session would be encompassing various income-generating skills in Jigawa State, under its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme.
Mr Umar Muhammad who is the SAED’s Deputy Director in the state had made this announcement at the closing ceremony of the training on Saturday in Dutse.
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Muhammad had reiterated that the beneficiaries, comprising 802 males and 636 females of the 2022 Batch ‘B’ stream I corps members, received the nine-day training in various income-generating trades.
He explained that the beneficiaries acquired different skills ranging from bricks and interlock production, electrical/solar installation, poultry/agro-allied, photography, automobile mechanic and leather work. They were also trained in design making, recharge card production, horticulture, make-up, cosmetology/toiletries, barbing, graphic design, food processing and Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
The deputy director noted that the training was aimed at equipping the corps members to be able to start and manage their own businesses.
“I advise you to take this training seriously so as to be self-reliant and employers of labour if you manage your businesses well.
“The SEAD training schemes were specifically designed to tackle unemployment and reduce youth restiveness through the provision of functional skills.
‘‘This is because the era of white-collar jobs is gone, hence the need to re-create the blue collar-job, which entails manual activities.
‘‘So, our youths should take advantage of the SEAD and acquire skills on different income-generating trades as a matter of priority,’’ the deputy director advised.
In her remarks, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, Hajiya Aishatu Adamu, said the SEAD competition was introduced among the corps members in order to gauge the performances of both trainers and trainees, encourage corps members to engage in post-camp training and arouse their interest to learn new skills. Others, she said, were to prepare the corps members for further skills competition at both national and zonal levels, as well as motivate them to write bankable business proposals for the financing of their businesses.
Adamu further stated that arrangements had been concluded for the trainees’ post-camp and mentorship training during their service year.
