By Omon-Julius Onabu
Delta State Government has stated that the increasing state of insecurity in the country is largely due to massive unemployment.
It added that, consequently, the state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa administration has initiated various empowerment schemes through its job and wealth creation programme.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, stated this when officers and participants from the Nigerian Army College of Logistics, Lagos, visited him in his office in Asaba, the state capital.
The Commandant of the college, Major-General Martins Enendo, led the team that included 53 students, which is in Delta State, as part of the college’s curriculum designed to familiarise the participants with the resources of the states towards strengthening logistic support for military operations in Nigeria.
Job Creation: Delta scales up empowerment programs to curb unemployment Job Creation: Delta scales up empowerment programs to curb unemployment
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Delta Government has scaled up its empowerment programs as it approved the commencement of a new cycle for the Rural Youths Skill Acquisition (RYSA) and the Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (GEST) programmes.
Towards this end, a total of 900 girls are expected to be empowered under the project GEST while 810 youths were being targeted under the RYSA this financial year.
Over 6000 persons have been empowered by the state government to become employers of labour since the inception of the administration in 2015.