ITF appeal to State govt, NGOs to train more Nigerians on skills acquisition
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has appealed to State Governments, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and other sectors to partner with the Fund in training more Nigerians on skills acquisition.
Speaking in Jos, at the closing ceremony of the 2019 National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP), on Monday, the ITF Director General, Sir Joseph Ari said the appeal became necessary because the Fund is over stretched, considering the magnitude of unemployment confronting the country.
“What the Federal Government is doing is clearly not enough in view of the magnitude of the unemployment confronting us. I will therefore seize this opportunity to appeal to State Governments, the Organised Private Sector (OPS), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), Faith-Based Organisations, Politicians and other stakeholders to collaborate with the ITF in our efforts to training Nigerians”, Ari said.
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The ceremony which was primarily to celebrate over 200,000 Nigerians which were equipped with start-up packs and 15,000 others who were trained on various skills for employability, the DG added that the assistance could be by way of sponsorship of additional trainees for various skills programmes, or by buying start-up packs for beneficiaries of the programmes.
“Only through such collaborations will the Fund be able to train as many youths to impact the Nigerian environment”, Ari said.
