In clear exhibition of philanthropic gesture and pure love for the society, Amb Gbenga Akinwunmi, who is an Ecowas Youth Ambassador, has kick-off a free Skill Acquisition and Empowerment Programme aimed at training and empowering youths within the society.
The convener of the project noted that he embarked on the free training and empowerment programme in order to reduce the joblessness and idleness of the youth. He disclosed that the rate at which youths engaged in nefarious activ
ities would drastically reduce if they could be trained and empowered.
In his opening remark, the Ecowas Youth Ambassador noted that "this programme is one of the ways of thanking my community and giving back to the same society. It is my little way of ensuring that the youths within my immediate environment are positively engaged, trained and empowered so that they can be useful, both to themselves and their Society."
He continued that "my appointment as an Ecowas Youth Ambassador conferred on me the huge responsible of harnessing the youths and channeling their youthful energies towards positive use. It also places on my shoulder the duty of assisting and promoting the course of humanity through positive engagement of the youth."
He however promised to give his best in assisting the youths and encouraging them towards becoming a better and productive persons.
The free Skill Acquisition and Empowerment Programme is a two months intensive training scheme where apprentice will be allocated to different facilitators that will train them on their chosen skill set. The skills identified for traininginclude Hair-dressing, Graphic design, Barbing, Fashion designing, Computer Engineering, Event Decorations, Event Planning and Make-up. Upon the completion of the project, they will be evaluated and empowered with the tools associated with their skill sets.
The ambassador also disclosed that "at the formative stage of thia project, myself and my team had estimated and budgeted for 80 participants but due to the overwhelming request and pleads from our people, we now have 110 participants across all the skill sets with fashion designing alone taking 32%, followed by Make-up, 20% and hairmarking, 16%."
He however appreciated the facilitators for being partners towards transforming the lives of the youths, he also eulogized the executive chairman of Oshodi-Isolo local government, Otunba Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede, for his fatherly roles in ensuring the success of the programme. He equally appreciated the Ecowas Council president, Amb. Emmanuel Samuel, for his zeal and passion for the African youths.
The program was concluded with the allocation of the participants to their respective facilitators with a promise to be conducting constant visiting inorder to ascertain their level of seriousness and progress..
0 Comments