A non-Governmental Organization, ” Majesty Foundation,”, has urged youth to maximize every training opportunity available to them.
This is to enable them improve their skills, be self sustaining and eventually become employers of labour, according to Mr. George Monyei, Executive Director of the organization, while speaking gave at the “Graduate and non-graduate’ youth training.
It was organized in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) on Tuesday in Abuja.
Monyei noted that such measures would further reduce the unemployment burden in the country, as well as curb the myriad of social vices.
The executive director also frowned at the unemployment rate in the country, saying it calls for concern.
He noted that the organization embarked on the training to make participants become employable and become employers of labour, thereby reducing unemployment rate, bolster socioeconomic development of the country.”
Monyei said that the objective of the programme was also to discourage, to a very large extent, the inordinate urge in youths for white collar or plum jobs.
He specifically urged them to take their minds off white collar jobs and focus on how to use their God-given talents and skills to improve their lives and those of others.
“The objectives of the programme include: To Impact skills needed by youth with disabilities to be successful entrepreneurs —
“Arouse in the youth hidden talents in them towards making themselves employable (if need be) and compete favourably with their counterparts globally.
“Give needed support to trained youth, especially to the female gender, in order to alleviate poverty, create wealth and facilitate self-reliance.
“Fill various gaps in the economy through the intervention of various batches of the trained youths engaging as development workers in their thousands.
“Produce in youths the culture of patience, satisfaction and gradual climbing to be great despite the global economic crunch,” he noted.
Amb. Asabe Umar, Director, Youth Development, FCT Social Development Secretariat, described collaboration with NGOs and Foundations in youth development as key in addressing unemployment challenges affecting the country.
She noted that effective collaboration would ensure better youth, better nation, as well as a more socioeconomic prosperity.
Umar explained that the government could not do it alone in terms of youth empowerment and job creation.
He further emphasized, ”FCTA decided to collaborate with NGOs and foundations to enable them grow and fair better.”
She promised that the FCT will be able to stand for them and recommend them anywhere they want to access loans.
”But, we need to test their capacity before the recommendation hence the collaboration,” she averred.
Mrs. Chinyere Ezenwokike, Founder and Chairperson, ”Tomorrow’s Women Development Organization,” said that the training was to boost their capacities.
This, she noted, was to empower them to be able to help themselves and others.
“Youth should think of what they can do for themselves, if you are a youth and you hope that government will do everything for you, you are telling yourself lies.
“If you acquire knowledge and keep it behind you, you are telling yourself lies.
”If you wait for government to do everything for you and at the end of the day it does not, you will be frustrated.
“Look for what you know you can do with your brain and develop it. Every person created by God has a skill.
”It is when you do not develop your skills that you will be useless to yourself and the society.
“But, when you develop your skills, you develop yourself, you build the nation.
“Be you male or female, it does not matter, what matters is what you as a person can produce to make this country a better place for you to stay, ”she added. (NAN)
