The Director General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Joseph Ari has hinted of plans by the agency to train over 500 youths in 18 states of the federation on skill acquisition.

The DG said this when his four-month old management team paid a courtesy visit to the head office of Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation newspaper titles.

According to him, arrangement has reached advanced stage for the takeoff of the fifth phase of the National Industrial Skills Development Program (NISDP) in 18 states of the federation to facilitate the mass training programme, adding that the trainees will be trained by ITF per state.

The programme, which is the initiative of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), ITF and Bank Of Industry (BoI) under the Ministry of Commerce Trade and Investment, would help youths to become employer of labour thereby reducing unemployment in the country.

“Let us see how you can help us rebuild the core of our training structure. Our goal is to train young people who we call ‘Agro-preneurs’ and support them with credit,” said Ari.

The ITF boss added that the visit to The Nation was part of ITF’s Operation Reach Out programmes geared towards human capacity development in the country.

He also hinted of plans to partner with National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to train corps members during their one year programme in any skill they want “So that after the programme they don’t need to seek for job under government but can be employer of labour as we are doing everything to make sure we reduce unemployment in this country.”

Ari further said the organisation had also introduced the graduate re-skilling programme aimed at training 500 graduates of engineering and technology with vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

“The Industrial Trust Fund, in its Graduate Re-skilling Programme, will train 500 graduates of Technology and Engineering with vocational and entrepreneurial skills from each of the six geo-political zones. We are reviewing the ITF/DVT, that is, German Chamber of Crafts and Commerce Dual, to train apprentices in line with German Dual System, equipping and retooling of existing skills training centres and procurement of Mobile Training Units,’’ he said.

Responding, the General Manager, Vintage Press Limited, Mr. Soji Omotunde thanked the management of ITF for the visit and promised the company’s commitment to support them in reducing unemployment in the country.

“There is a renewed effort to use the mass training programme to aid poverty eradication, job creation and effective diversification of the economy as envisioned by the federal government and will not succeed if Nigerians are not skilled,” he said.

http://www.kikiotolu.com/2017/02/itf-to-organise-skills-acquisition.html

If I become the president of Nigeria , the first institution I will demolish is the ITF.. And prosecute all the directors...

Another useless agency that need to be thoroughly looked into.

This guy just de dia de theif money anyhow.

them no go gree pay students early, even when dem come decide to pay, many no go get am and i am sure they don't refund govt back.

Nonsense

have they paid students stipends?
Thieves

dingbang:
If I become the president of Nigeria , the first institution I will demolish is the ITF.. And prosecute all the directors...

Why?

All we ever hear are training, training and more training


All na avenue to enrich some cronies

story

....... I smell lies everywhereeeeeeeeeeeee

Always talking... Put it into action...

SAME OLD STORY....

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Pls wen will d portal open for application?

another story

hfe

Fvck

AM INTRESTED

Good Job.
Back from Seun's Kirikiri

if those politician didn't spoil it.

We finished IT since 2015, pesin don graduate yet no payment and they are here telling us trash. funny country!

See criminals! They are owning me two times now and they still want to create another source of looting. God will punished you all.

why not list out the state so that those that have we start state with their state headquarter office

why not list out the states so that those that have interest we start from their state headquarter office

thief people, they never pay me my money since 2012

ITF is one of the Most functional and dynamic agencies in Nigeria. Most of the people complaining are SIWES students, who are yet to understand the reasons for the delays experienced in the payment of the stipend, it is much more than it is known on the surface. The ITF is executing her mandate especially under the current leadership of Sir Joseph Ari.

Useless organization

Monjie:
ITF is one of the Most functional and dynamic agencies in Nigeria. Most of the people complaining are SIWES students, who are yet to understand the reasons for the delays experienced in the payment of the stipend, it is much more than it is known on the surface. The ITF is executing her mandate especially under the current leadership of Sir Joseph Ari.

Which of their mandate have executed

drnoel:


Why?

because they are not functioning yet siphoning huge amount of funds from the federal govt

How much do ITF /NECA Trainee get as transport stipends