ITF empowers 300 youth, women in Zamfara

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has trained and empowered 300 youth and women in various vocational skills in Zamfara State under its National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP).

The fund also supported the beneficiaries with empowerment tools as part of its effort to assist in reducing unemployment in the country.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the three months’ programme and presentation of the empowerment tools in Gusau on Tuesday, the Director-General of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, said NISDP was initiated by the fund in line with the Federal Government’s policy of job/wealth creation and poverty reduction.

Ari, represented by the Director, Technical and Vocational Services Department, Mr Isiyaku Yusuf, said the programme was aimed at equipping a large number of the Nigerian youth with vocational skills for employability and entrepreneurship.

He said the over 11,000 trainees are expected to benefit from the programme across the 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The “300 youth and women were selected from the 14 local government areas of the state for the training,” he said.

Earlier, the state ITF Area Manager, Alhaji Yakubu Umar, said the trainees were trained in tailoring and fashion design, welding and fabricating, plumbing and pipe-fitting.

(NAN)