December 22, 2024
NYSC

 

Gbolahan Salman  Sokoto
No fewer than 123 Batch B stream 1 Corps members serving in Sokoto State have graduated from Skill Acquisition and Entreprises   Development  (SAED).
The Assistant Director, SAED NYSC , Sokoto, Mr Garba Fagge stated this on Thursday at Dankani Hotel at the graduation ceremony.
He explained that the graduands were trained in 11 major skills and exposed to various funding options with experts from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), NIRSAL Micro Finance Bank , Commercial Banks , Bank of Industry  (BOI) , as well resource persons from organization such as NAFDAC, ICTs among others.
While congratulating them, he urged them to take advantage of the after camp mentorship programs.
In His remark the state Coordinator of NYSC Alhaji Muhammad Nakamba enjoined the corps members not to allow their skills to die during the service.
Nakamba implored them to harness the skills they acquired stressing there was so much money to make in the world of Entrepreneurship .
He promised that the scheme would continue to provide assistance to them urging them to have their eyes at the top of whatever skill endeavour they took to.
On his part the guest speaker of the event who is the chief executive of Rainbow Computers Mr Sunday Oladimeji advised the corps members to put the skills learnt into practice to enable them to be self reliance and also employers of labours.
Also speaking the guest of honour Prof Bala Dankani of Usman DanFodio University , Sokoto encouraged the graduating corps members to be hard working in carrying out the skills acquired as white collar jobs are not easy to go by now.
Some of the skills taught includes event planning and decoration, Agro Allied , Cosmetology , Information communication technologies (ICTs).
 Others are shoe making , Solar panel installation, Tie and Die,  Fashion and Design, Graphics Arts , Hair Dressing , Makeup among many others .
At lthe end of the event, all the graduating corps members were issued SAED certificate by the organizers

 

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