NGO pledges commitment to promoting youth entrepreneurship, employability
Training
A Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), SOS Children’s Villages says it is committed to empowerment of youths on entrepreneurship and enhancing their employability.
Mr Felix Ebhota, the Programme Manager, SOS, said this at closing of “The Next Economy (TNE)’’ an Initiative program in Abuja.
The program was implemented by SOS Children’s Villages, and supported by ASPILOS foundation and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ebhota said that programme is targeted at empowering youth on elevation hub and craft, as well as help in filling gap after their education.
“TNE is a transformative initiative that empowers the youth in the country, enabling them to harness their talents, and boost their self-assurance.
“It also helps them refine the essential skills required for a thriving career either in the workforce or as budding entrepreneurs.
“Also recognising the diverse aspirations of young individuals entering the job market, TNE offers a range of entrepreneurship programs designed to equip the youth with the tools they need to secure employment or embark on self-employment journey,” he said.
Ebhota said that so many people have benefited and were still benefiting from the empowerment programme.
“If you partake in this programme you will be able to stand and display all the skill,” he also said.
Some of the beneficiaries of the training, said that the programme had impacted positively of them.
One of them, Henry Odeji said that he took the employability track program, which had impacted positively on him.
According to him, I have been unemployed for a long time but after finishing my training and the three months internship I applied for a job, went for the interview in which I performed very well and got employed.
‘TNE has helped me in so many ways, how to respond to a question, comport myself among others things.
Another beneficiary, Mr Michael Onoseme, said that in 2021 he took the entrepreneurship track program.
He said that after the training he got a grant of three hundred dollars to boost his business and later got another nine hundred dollars.
“My business is doing very well and has a team of eight people,” he said.