National Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has distributed start-up kits to 1,011 males and females who graduated from Youth Transformation Programme (YTP) initiated by the commission.
The distribution was made by the managing director of N-HYPPADEC, Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, alongside representatives of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Senator George Akume and Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State at a ceremony held on Thursday at the Presidential Lodge in Birnin Kebbi
The SGF, represented by a director, restated the commitment of the federal government towards the mission and vision of N-HYPPADEC.
Akume commended N-HYPPADEC for making waves as a result of the successes it has recorded since inception in terms of programmes of empowering youths in Kebbi State with similar gestures extended to Niger, Kwara, Kogi and Plateau states.
The SGF said that the YTP programme which was launched in Kebbi State is another life-changing event with which N-HYPPADEC promises to change the lives of the beneficiaries and by extension, that of their families by making them self-employed.
The managing director of N-HYPPADEC, Yelwa noted that a gathering for the distribution of such items to beneficiaries is a testament to the demonstration and commitment of the federal government under President Bola Tinubu in creating sustainable opportunities for youths to depend on themselves through craft activities.
According to Yelwa, the commission through the YTP programme in the technology sector has trained 343 youths, 162 in computer apprenticeship and 181 in website design to enable them compete in the global digital market.
He added that in the Fashion and Beauty Industry, the commission has 258 new skilled entrepreneurs, 185 in fashion design and tailoring, 60 in cosmetology and 13 in bag and shoe making trainees in Kebbi State.
Kebbi State governor, Nasir Idris, represented by the head of service, Malami Shekare, commended N-HYPPADEC for its initiatives particularly in training youths and distribution of items for self-sufficiency.
