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Ogun Empowers Unemployed Youths In Digital Job by slimgold123(f): 4:20pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
Youths in Ogun State have been
called upon to embrace the various
opportunities in online digital
employment as alternatives to
seeking white collar jobs to enable
them become self-reliant.
This call was made by the
Secretary to the Ogun State
Government, Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa
while declaring open a one-day free
digital job training programme for
unemployed youths organized by the
Federal Ministry of Communication
Technology and Rockefeller
Foundation in collaboration with the
Ogun State Government held at the
Valley View Auditorium, Abeokuta.
Barr. Adeoluwa who was
represented by the Special Adviser to
the Governor on General Duties, Mr.
Omolayo Olorunwo reassured the
youths that the State Government
would not relent on its oars at
ensuring that unemployment in the
State is reduced drastically, adding
that Government would continue to
assist the teeming youths in the State
to make them productive.
“This training programme
organized for our unemployed youths
is one of the various initiatives of the
present administration to make our
youths self-sustaining and reliant and
enable them add values to the society
and become better citizens” Adeoluwa
remarked.
In his keynote address, the
Ogun State Head of Service, Elder Sola
Adeyemi pointed out that the youths
daring involvement in criminal and
social vices without gender disparity
was as a result of high level of
unemployment in the society,
emphasizing that this necessitated the
State Government to collaborate with
appropriate bodies to put the
programme together.
Elder Adeyemi who was
represented by the Director, Service
Matters, Mr. Oyejola Oyeneye noted
that the Senator Ibikunle Amosun led
Government would continue to give
hope and reduce the rates of
unemployment through various
human capacity building and wealth
creation programmes.
Speaking in the same vein, the
immediate past Senior Special
Assistant to the Ogun State Governor
on Information Technology, Mr.
Bunmi Adebayo charged the youths to
see the programme as an opportunity
to acquire necessary skills and tap
into the job opportunities offered
through the internet that would
generate more income for them.
Adebayo further encouraged the
youths to be steadfast in the use of
ICT tools such as smart phones,
computers and internet connection as
this would give them daily income if
they are persistent at least for six
months.
In their goodwill messages, the
representative of the Federal Ministry
of Communication Technology, Mr
Madunezi Emmanuel commended the
Ogun State Government for providing
an enabling environment for the
programme, adding that fourteen
thousand youths have been trained in
18 States and Ogun had provided a
better platform in terms of
preparation, security, conducive
environment with necessary facilities
in place, noting that these are
pointers to the fact that Government
was responsive and committed to the
welfare of its youths.
The spokesperson from
Rockefeller foundation who is also an
icon in digital job, Mr. Femi Bayode
assured participants that about one
thousand jobs are available on
various platforms online which they
could benefit from. He added that a
platform would also be created for
the youths to interact and work as a
group for better productivity.
Earlier in her welcome address,
the Director of Information
Technology at the Bureau of
Information Technology, Mrs.
Olatundun Adekunte said the
objective of the programme was to
empower the youths to have access to
online jobs and operate
independently without relying on
Government.
Participants, Mrs. Aishat Odufuye
lauded the State Government for the
initiative, saying it has further
exposed beneficiaries to various
avenues of online wealth creation.
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