NDE empowers 46 youths, women on skills

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Kaduna State Directorate, has commenced the training of 46 youths and women from the 23 local government areas through its Advanced National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (ANOAS).

According to NDE, the programme is an advanced training of the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (BNOAS) where participants will be trained on more than 10 skills such as carpentry and tailoring.

NDE State Coordinator, Alhaji Sani Maiwada, while speaking at the inauguration and orientation programme, said acquisition of relevant skills would help reduce the level of youth unemployment in the state and the country in general.