Federal Govt Trains 200 Apprentices In Gombe

Federal government has commenced training of over 200 apprentices drawn from different workshops in Gombe State on how to develop their innovations.

Our correspondent reports that the training which was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education with support from the World Bank is being implemented by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

In a chat with newsmen after the opening of the training held at Federal College of Education (FCET), Gombe yesterday, the programme manager, Abbati Dawakin Kudu Mohammed, from the National Board For Technical Education (NBTE) said the event tagged: “IDEAS” was designed to help the youths develop their innovations and improve the effectiveness of their skills.

According to him, government jobs are no longer adequate for the teeming youth hence the idea to promote skills among the countrymen in order to make them self-employed.

He noted that the apprentices were drawn from various informal training centres where they learn different trades such as carpentry, welding and fabrication adding that the formal training by the NBTE would enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the occupations engaged by the trainees.

Also speaking, the national coordinator IDEAS project of the Federal Ministry of Education, Blessing Ogwu said the federal government would provide starter packs for the trainees to commence their occupations after the training.

In her speech, Gombe State commissioner for education, Aisha Maigari, represented by an official of her ministry, Ahmadu Usman Ali, lauded the federal government for extending the gesture to the residents of the state, pledging full support for the programme.