By Chuks Nweze, Enugu
One thing is certain, virtually all the governments in recent times have indicated that the era of white collar or blue collar jobs are fast becoming a rarity because governments cannot provide employment for their teeming unemployed youths, hence the emphasis on skills acquisition for self-reliance as well as self sustainability. The inability of governments to provide jobs could be hinged on the dwelling economy of the nation which derives its income mainly from the proceeds from an oil economy thereby neglecting other sectors.
The realisation that governments cannot provide the people with the needed employment, have forced governments to encourage its youths to engage in skills acquisition so that they not only engage themselves in meaningful ventures but that they become employers of labour instead of being employed.To achieve this objective, the Federal Government in its foresight in 1971, even Nigeria when Nigeria was still enjoying oil boom, deemed it fit to introduce Industrial Training Fund, ITF, empowered with training youths on different skills so that they become employable and can employ others as well.
Giving an appraisal of ITF’s achievements since its inception at a press briefing in Enugu, Thursday, March 21, 2019 at ITF office, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer, Sir Joseph Ari, pointed out that the Fund has trained over 300,000 Nigerians on various skills and the graduates of such trainings have been engaged in various paid jobs while some of them are employing others having set up their own businesses through the start up packs they were provided with at the end of their training.
The Director General also pointed out that the youths were trained on different trades and vocations that include carpentry, welding and fabrication, fishing, soap making, tailoring and fashion designing, shoemaking and so many other skills that also includes painting, plumbing, etc.
Ari lamented that though Nigeria cannot meet with her teeming unemployed youths, there are various trades and skills that have been neglected in Nigeria that when their needs arise, other nationalities take up such jobs whereas Nigeria has many youths that could have conveniently filled up the vacant positions. For instance, Ari noted that a survey carried out in 2018 by ITF in conjunction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, UNIDO, showed that vacancies that existed in petrochemical industries, automobile, textiles and leather industries, Nigerians could not fill them and recourse has to be sort outside Nigeria.
The DG laments in this manner, “despite our efforts and those of the Federal Government, the National Bureau of Statistics report of the 3rd quarter of 2018 revealed that just as the number of the economically active or working age (15 – 64 years) grew from 110.3 million to 111.1 million, the number of the unemployed equally appreciated from 11.92 million in the first quarter to 13.55 and 15.99 in the second and third quarters.
“This is despite the fact that a Skill Gap Assessment in six priority sectors of the Nigerian Economy, which was conducted by the ITF in conjunction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, that was presented to stakeholders in Abuja in April, 2018 showed that although vacancies existed in all sectors surveyed, they were being filled by persons other than Nigerians, because of the lack of requisite skills.
“Specifically, the report indicated that despite spiraling unemployment, 925 trades were difficult and hard to fill in the country’s labour market. The breakdown showed that 19.7% vacancies were in the housing sector, 13.9% in petrochemical sector, 14.7% in other goods, 11.4% in the auto industry, 10.3% in textiles, 10.1% in steel, 8.9% in the services sector and 3.3% in leather industry.
“The report also noted that 15.7% of all hard to fill vacancies were due to lack of technical skills, 11.8% due to lack of basic IT skills, 9.2% due to lack of advanced IT skills and between 9.2% and 7.5% of the vacancies were due to the lack of requisite soft skills,” he laments.
Ari however noted that in order to stem the spiraling unemployment drive in Nigeria, and President Buhari’s job creation efforts, with the aim to address the specific gaps revealed by the skills gap survey, the ITF came up with a list of implementable programmes for the year 2018 in the area of fish farming, aqua-culture, manure production among others and have thus trained about 300,000 Nigerians with the requisite start-up packs to enable those trained take off in earnest and thus reduce unemployment to the barest minimum.
The DG noted that in spite of their efforts to train people on different skills to stem unemployment, unemployment has continued to be on the increase but they are not relenting and have continue to come up with programmes aimed at imparting more skills for a future tomorrow Nigeria.
“Despite the best efforts of the government at all levels, unemployment has continued to rise. Against this backdrop, therefore, we have resolved to step up our skills acquisition efforts in 2019 so that more Nigerians wioll acquire skills for employablility and enterpreneurship.
“In this regard, we shall therefore expand intake for our existing programmes and introduce new ones.
As an indication of our tempo this year, we have commenced the implementation of an information and communication programme called the Information Technology Skills Empowerment Programme, ISEP. The programme is designed to equip Nigerian youths with the needed Information and Communication Technology Skills for job creation,” he said.
To encourage the youths to acquire skills, Ari pointed out that all hands should be on deck to make sure that unemployment is reduced to the barest minimum and should not be left to ITF but that state governments, individuals and groups should step up efforts by sponsoring youths to acquire skills for the good of the nation and for themselves as individuals.
“Ladies and gentlemen, with the number of Nigerians that are currently unemployed and going by the population projections, the 300,000 people the Fund has trained in 2018 may appear like a drop of water in the ocean. It is this regard that I will seize this opportunity to call on state governments and other stakeholders to sponsor additional trainees for our skills acquisition programmes. Such sponsorship will entail payment of monthly stipends to trainees, payment of master craftsmen allowance and provision of star-up kits to trainees.
“I also want to stress that tackling unemployment through skills acquisition cannot and should not be viewed as the sole responsibility of the ITF and other agencies of the Federal Government alone. The cooperation and collaboration of all state governments, the organised private sector, politicians and other stakeholders will be critical for a multiplier effect. Our doors are, therefore, wide open for collaboration in any aspect of human capacity development and vocational and technical skills training,” he pleaded.
I just like the helpful info you provide for your articles.
I will bookmark your weblog and test once more here frequently.
I am slightly sure I’ll be informed plenty of new stuff proper right here!
Best of luck for the following!
It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d definitely donate to this superb blog!
I suppose for now i’ll settle for book-marking and
adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to brand new updates and will share
this blog with my Facebook group. Talk soon!
This web site definitely has all of the information I wanted concerning this subject and didn’t know who to
ask.
Ꭺdmiring the hard work you put into your ƅlog and detaileԁ information you offer.
It’s niсe to come across a bⅼog every once in a while that isn’t the same out of
date rehashed material. Grеat read! I’ve saved your site and
I’m includіng your RՏS feeds to my Google account.
My ѕite; situs judi online
After reading the previous five posts, I agree that I would not wear women’s clothing in public
— even in Las Vegas! It would be great to be able to see certain public locations live, but then you have
those who misuse everything. If you join us today, you can instantly enjoy this great advantage.
There are also different forums that customers can join to talk about
different topics with like-minded people who share their interests; the most popular is called “Naked Novices”!
Chat sex porn fucking sucking wanking shag shagchat porn escorts Adult Chat, Meeting,
Profiles Sex Phone Lines, Dirty Chat Earn Money, join now free membership, thousands
of members upload videos put on blogs sex has never been this easy, adult profiles add pictures blogs
videos. Honestly speaking, there are thousands of online dating sites available for the singles.
However, it is here where online adult dating helps the
most.
I simply want to tell you that I’m newbie to blogs and truly loved your web site. Likely I’m likely to bookmark your site . You definitely come with good posts. Appreciate it for revealing your blog site.
Hey check out high line pointe, run by adeline bababikov: 1291 South Ulster street, denver co 80231 manager@highlinepointe phone: 720-513-3865
Hey check out high line pointe, run by adeline bababikov: 1291 South Ulster street, denver co 80231 manager@highlinepointe phone: 720-513-3865
Hey check out high line pointe, run by adeline bababikov: 1291 South Ulster street, denver co 80231 manager@highlinepointe phone: 720-513-3865
Hey check out high line pointe, run by adeline bababikov: 1291 South Ulster street, denver co 80231 manager@highlinepointe phone: 720-513-3865
Hey check out high line pointe, run by adeline bababikov: 1291 South Ulster street, denver co 80231 manager@highlinepointe phone: 720-513-3865
https://www.eiir.eu/strategics/international-development Racist Skank Adeline Bababikov has cheap rates – call/text for appt 303-949-0383 720-513-3865
https://www.tutelarr.co.uk/unit/ZippyBenchCushionSize112cmx44cmBlueLeafPadWaterproofBackingGardenFurniture2seaterbench/ Racist Skank Adeline Bababikov has cheap rates – call/text for appt 303-949-0383 720-513-3865
high line pointe
high line pointe
south denver apartments
high line pointe
adeline bababikov
I am not suure where you are getting your information, butt good topic.
I needs tto splend some time learning more or understanding more.
Thanks for magnificent information I waas looking for this info
for my mission.
Here is my web siute – Gerald
It’s nearly impoѕsiƄle to find eɗucated people on this topic, but you sound like you
know what you’гe talking ɑbout! Thanks
Also visit my homepage: website
583399 531539woah i like yur site. It truly helped me with the details i wus seeking for. thank you, will save. 477456
Very shortly this web page will be famous among
all blogging and site-building people, due to it’s nice articles
Hi friends, good article and nice arguments commented here, I
am in fact enjoying by these.
If some one needs expert view about running a blog afterward
i propose him/her to go to see this webpage, Keep up the
good work.
It’s remarkable to visit this website and reading
the views of all mates concerning this piece of writing,
while I am also eager of getting experience.
Link exchange is nothing else except it is just
placing the other person’s website link on your page at suitable place and
other person will also do same in support of you.
508334 591429This kind of publish appears to get yourself a lot of visitors. How will you acquire traffic to that? It provides an excellent exclusive twist upon issues. I guess having something traditional or perhaps substantial to give information on is the central aspect. 579481
361082 285121great work Outstanding weblog here! Also your internet website a whole lot up quickly! What web host are you the usage of? Can I get your associate link on your host? I want my web site loaded up as quickly as yours lol 688342
348291 707853Outstanding read, I lately passed this onto a colleague who has been performing a bit research on that. And the man in fact bought me lunch because I came across it for him smile So allow me to rephrase that: Appreciate your lunch! 70618
67402 728118I havent checked in here for some time because I thought it was getting boring, but the last couple of posts are genuinely good quality so I guess Ill add you back to my every day bloglist. You deserve it my friend. insurance guides 654488
188130 690980But wanna admit that this really is quite helpful , Thanks for taking your time to write this. 836173
430091 364619Thanks for the blog loaded with so a lot of information. Stopping by your weblog helped me to get what I was looking for. 49069
739154 483571Your talent is really appreciated!! Thank you. You saved me a great deal of frustration. I switched from Joomla to Drupal towards the WordPress platform and Ive fully embraced WordPress. Its so significantly easier and easier to tweak. Anyway, thanks once again. Awesome domain! 425311
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com owner, You always provide useful tips and best practices.
Hello thenewnarrativeonline.com owner, Your posts are always well-supported by facts and figures.
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com admin, Your posts are always informative and well-explained.
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com admin, Thanks for the valuable information!
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com admin, Thanks for the comprehensive post!
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com webmaster, Your posts are always informative and well-explained.
Hi thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, Thanks for the well-organized post!
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com owner, You always provide clear explanations and definitions.
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, Thanks for the well-organized post!
Hello thenewnarrativeonline.com owner, Your posts are always well thought out.
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com webmaster, Keep up the good work, admin!
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com webmaster, Your posts are always well researched and well written.
Hi thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, Excellent work!
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com owner, You always provide practical solutions and recommendations.
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, You always provide helpful diagrams and illustrations.
Hi thenewnarrativeonline.com webmaster, Thanks for the well-presented post!
602069 170393I came to the exact conclusion as properly some time ago. Wonderful write-up and I will probably be sure to appear back later for much more news. 101558
To the thenewnarrativeonline.com webmaster, Your posts are always a great source of information.
Dear thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, You always provide useful information.
Hello thenewnarrativeonline.com administrator, Your posts are always well-supported by research and data.