FG to train youths in ship building – TheNigerialawyer

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it would partner
Concept Amadeus Limited to train Nigerian youths in the
manufacturing of ship and vessel, saying that it was part of the
nation’s efforts to create jobs for the people.

A statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press and Public
Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Rhoda Iliya, said
this was disclosed during a meeting between the Minister of State
for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), and a delegation of
some nationals of Greece, which was facilitated by the company.

A the meeting, Keyamo said, “The Federal Government has to know
in clear terms what the obligations of government entail, the
categories of people to be trained and if the use of government’s
skills acquisition centres would be required.

“The FG has decided that the best way to lift people out of
poverty is not only to give them letters of employment but to
provide them with skills to make them entrepreneurs.”

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta
Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, who was also at the meeting, said the
group had met other ministries, departments and agencies, as well
as some National Assembly members on the project.

He said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the project as
one of the arms of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. It is a
nationally accepted project and the company is ready to work with
the ministry to get the Nigerian youths out of unemployment.

“Ships and vessels will be built in Nigeria. Nigerians will be
trained in the country in commercial fishing and this will give the
country larger opportunities to engage the citizens, especially the
youths, in modern ways of fishing that can take them out of
unemployment.”

Leader of the delegation, Patrick Osobase, said the team was in
the ministry to seek its cooperation on the project, noting that it
was aimed at providing a platform for Nigerians to be
entrepreneurs.

He said that with the FG’s ratification of new boundaries, the
country had been presented with an opportunity to tap into the blue
ocean economy.