....As 500 Women receive smokeless and climate smart cook stove

.....Initiative Will Help Curb Insecurity- Leadership


A Coalition identified as Civil Society Groups for Good Governance CSGGG, has lauded the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI skill acquisition training and youth empowerment which was flagged off today in Maiduguri, describing it as an effort in the right direction.

The event which took place at the Borno State Vocational Enterprise Institute in Maiduguri, is a specialized program and zonal intervention of the presidency through NASENI, for the northeast geopolitical zone billed to empower 100 selected youths from the local government area across the state.

According to report, this development is focusing on modern method of vulcanizing and capacity building on the use of modern equipment.

Speaking with a cross section of pressmen in Maiduguri, the President of the coalition, Comrade Ogakwu Dominic, describe the program as an initiative in the right direction stating that it will complement the Borno State Government's effort in dealing with the challenges of insurgency.

“Today, we have witness yet another effort by NASENI headed by an exceptional Nigerian, Prof. MS Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, in ameliorating the challenges of unemployment through this laudable initiative of skill acquisition training and youth empowerment on modern vulcanizing methods and its application. At the end these youths, most of them artisans who abinitio didn’t have these modern tools will now be empowered to be more professional with their trade and improve their livelihood.

“Again, we have also witnessed 500 women across the state benefit from the federal government climate change mitigation effort through NASENI’s climate action as these women have been given the smokeless and climate cook stove in support of the state resettlement program.

“This is a practical show of commitment to youth empowerment by the President Muhammmadu Buhari’s administration and I believe this will go a long way in tackling the challenges of insurgency and ameliorate the challenges of IDPs. We can only hope and pray that the beneficiaries will maximize on this life time opportunity to change their fortune and living condition”.