The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has concluded plans to undertake Basic Business Refresher Course for the 185, 000 unemployed persons wishing to access the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Agri-Business Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) loans.

The Directorate made the disclosure through its Director General, Dr Nasiru Mohammed Argungu during the opening ceremony of Orientation Exercise of Newly Recruited 300 trainees in Jos yesterday.

Dr Argungu said the course would be carried out nationwide.

The DG also disclosed that his Directorate would engage 50 persons per state under the Environmental Beautification Scheme (EBTS).

He said, “We are also in the next few days would start training of 50 persons per state under the Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS),”

“The Directorate has also concluded plans to immediately empower 11, 000 micro businesses with N10, 000 each under Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme (MEES).” He said.

The DG reiterated if the nation used skills acquisition as tool for employability and poverty reduction, then not only wealth would be created but it would be sure part to sustainable growth and development of the nation.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nde-targets-185000-unemployed-persons-for-training.html

Buhari is really working on propaganda.

Good development

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NwaAmaikpe:




Buhari is really working on propaganda.

I differ with you on this. The problem this administration had was that they abandoned the NDE whose mandate was job creation through their different programmes for both graduates and non-graduates. I can authoritatively tell you that those guys were doing great jobs until 2015 when they were sent on relegation by the Buhari government. Since then, no single programme was carried out in all the key areas of the Directorate, even their salaries were not forthcoming regularly.

They are among the few Directorates that live their mandate.

To be honest, if you can go and register in any of their programmes at the Federal Secretariat of any State, (provided you are residing there), you will be carried along.

For the 180,000 for the CBN anchor borrowing, the number will be far lower since on their part the CBN cannot take all that. I am not a staff there but I know much about them.

This is my Comment