Umahi creates over 100,000 jobs for youths, women

The Ebonyi state Governor, Chief David Umahi has restated the preparedness of his administration to create over 100,000 jobs for the youths and women especially in the area of agriculture.

The governor made this known while declaring open the ITF programme   in Abakaliki, also disbanded the state’s Committee on Employment.

Umahi however stressed that his administration was poised to develop the capacity of the youth to become self- reliant He called on the youth of Ebonyi who are jobless in other parts of the country     to return home and find something meaningful to do under his government’s youth-oriented programmes.

His words, “Every Ebonyi youth in other parts of the country especially Lagos should please come back home; we are ready to create jobs for them.

“A day is coming when nobody will be willing to seek political office because of the current reality.  One day, there will be no kobo from the Federation Account so it high time we started thinking outside the box.”

He said the state now focused mainly on mechanised system of farming because “agriculture without technology is death.”

Governor Umahi however promised the trainees of financial assistance to enable them set up their businesses after acquiring   necessary skills from the programme

Earlier, the ITF Area Manager (Enugu and Ebonyi states), Mrs Linda Egbonu, said the programme was organised to develop the mindset of the youth in areas of entrepreneurship and skill acquisition.