The Ladi Memorial Foundation has trained and empowered students and youths in the federal capital with sewing equipment as starter packs.
The foundation donated a total of 40 industrial sewing machines and other sewing equipment to schools in the FCT.
At the event yesterday, the executive director, Ladi Memorial Foundation (LMF), Mrs Rosemary Osikoya said, “The idea of the program was engaging stakeholders support for technical vocational education through the Incentivised Pilot School Sewing Championship Project 2023 (SSCP23).
“The idea is to incentivise stakeholders across different sectors because education seems to have been by-organised into different sectors and the industry is far from the school. So, we thought we could bring everybody together on the same page and as you could see here today, we did it, we got support from everybody.
“What have we done today? We have equipped three schools with minimum sewing equipment that they need. We have also equipped five individuals from what you could see. If you put all of that together, you have about 10 individuals so all together we have produced about 40 sewing equipment that is going to different schools and I think it is a good thing to be sustained. The process is competitive but you could see everyone had to put in their best but for that best dress to come out soon after four hours, it shows the person has taste and competence and we are grateful for that.”
On the beneficiaries, Osikoya said, “like I said, about 15 individuals benefited but when you look at the fact that in some schools, like the three schools that received the equipment, have over one thousand students each, it tells you that we have actually reached in real verifiable terms more individual than 2000. And it means that for these particular three schools and for these individuals, the rippling effect is large.”
Also at the function, the FCT secretary for Education Secretariat, Alhaji Sani El-Katuzu commended the foundation for the initiative.
He assured the continuous support of the FCT minister adding that the empowerment program was a way of also curtailing idleness among youth.
He urged youths to make use of the opportunity and ensure they participate in all tasks.
