Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment, said on Thursday that the Federal Government planned to train 370,000 artisans to boost skills development and employment generation.

Imoukhuede disclosed this during the inauguration of the Construction Skills Training and Empowerment Programme (C-STEmp) in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that C-STEmp, an initiative of J. Hausen Ltd, a construction management consultancy firm, is an accelerated skills development project to prepare eligible beneficiaries for employment as artisans in construction industry.Imoukhuede, represented by Mr Ife Adebayo, Special Assistant on Production and Innovative, said the Federal Government also planned to employ 500, 000 graduates as teachers, to improve the educational system.

“The Federal Government has plans to train 370,000 artisans this year and to employ 500,000 graduates as teachers, because one of our key problems is on education.

“It has already been decided. We have had a fruitful discussion on it with the Vice President and relevant ministers and we are looking forward to working with the C-STEmp to achieve the goal.

The Presidential Aide said the job creation office developed a framework for job creation which included construction, agro-allied and Information Communication and Technology.He, however, called for collaboration with the relevant government agencies and Public Private Participation to train more Nigerians in skill development.

Also speaking, Rev. Ugochukwu Chime, C-STEmp Chairman of Trustee, noted that the project would break the paradox of high unemployment and poverty in the midst of severe shortage of skilled manpower, which constrained the housing and construction industry from meeting demand for its products.

“This will be done done through a fast track intensive skills acquisition programme, using a combination of classroom, indoor and outdoor practical and a programmed apprenticeship period.

This, he said, would equip beneficiaries with sufficient skills, certification and reference, to enable them to gain employment in the housing and construction industry.

He said that the struggle for economic inclusiveness by the grassroots over the years in Nigeria was worsened by lack of education and competence in chosen profession.

“As a nation, our socio-economic ascendancy has been severely weighed down by years of neglect and near exclusion of this vital component of development agenda.”

He noted that the programme would empower unemployed and under-employed persons to fend for themselves and rise above their limited circumstances to achieve their potentials.

Chime, who is also the President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), noted that curriculum, manuals and other vocational teaching resources would be used for the training.

He listed the courses to include concreting block laying and plastering, general construction, carpentry, steel fabrication, plumbing installation and maintenance and electrical installation and maintenance.

Others are tiling and decorative stone work, painting and decoration and site orientation and practice for building and engineering graduates.

NAN reports that the project is being supported by UK Aid, under the construction idea fund of the Growth and Employment in States (GEMs) project.

It is also collaborating with the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) and the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB).

source......http://dailypost.ng/2016/01/29/fg-to-train-370-000-artisans/

God bless Nigeria.

That's all I have to say on this.

You mean bricklayers

Maybe by the month September this government will quit talking and start working. January is already gone and it is almost 12 months now since they took over.

so as a graduate, u will go back to be trained in meson work..nawao for naija

What about Satellite Installers?

rusher14:


Yes.

As well as -

General construction, carpentry, steel fabrication, plumbing installation and maintenance and electrical installation and maintenance.

To build what

MagicBishop:
You mean bricklayers

Yes.

@topic, this is a nice idea, this will reduuce the number of chinese prisoners working as engineers on our construction projects

Abeg help us train INTROVERT [size=24pt]Kidgod [/size]

MagicBishop:
To build what

The N1.8tn Capital budget will be used to construct roads, mass housing, power plants, etc. I would like to believe that most of those trained artisans will be deployed on those projects.

MagicBishop:
To build what

The N1.8tn Capital budget will be used to construct roads, mass housing, power plants, agriculture, etc. I would like to believe that most of those trained artisans will be deployed on those projects.

Bevista:
The N1.8tn Capital budget will be used to construct roads, mass housing, power plants, etc. I would like to believe that most of those trained artisans will be deployed on those projects.

Story

bloomstar:
so as a graduate, u will go back to be trained in meson work..nawao for naija

The way these guys think is painful.

These ones should improve the economy, improve power, make sure the country is suitable for start up businesses, whereby young people can develop business using their intellect.

Equip the schools, so the ones who studied all these things can learn well and put it into practice.

No wonder no young dude in Nigeria wants to cool down and have a start up, no one is encouraging them, na to dey advice to go learn brick laying, when the ones that know how to already can't find enough places t work.

Leopardd:


The way these guys think is painful.

These ones should improve the economy, improve power, make sure the country is suitable for start up businesses, whereby young people can develop business using their intellect.

Equip the schools, so the ones who studied all these things can learn well and put it into practice.

No wonder no young dude in Nigeria wants to cool down and have a start up, no one is encouraging them, na to dey advice to go learn brick laying, when the ones that know how to already can't find enough places t work.

So you think it is better to leave youths alone with no skills?

This is the conditional transfer clause for the 5K payment its not for lazy youths

Ovamboland:


So you think it is better to leave youths alone with no skills?

This is the conditional transfer clause for the 5K payment its not for lazy youths

how can interested persons participate in this skill aquisition programme?

joborskill:



how can interested persons participate in this skill aquisition programme?

all U av to do is to be on alert,always visit the internet often.

anything dat will give self independence and employment is welcomed by me....
proudly igbo