A 1,200 youths programme embarked by the Abia State government has attracted $3million sponsorship funding from MasterCard Foundation.
The commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, stated this while briefing the press on this week’s state executive council meeting presided by the governor, Alex Otti, in Umuahia, the state capital.
”This huge injection of sponsorship funds into the state economy is due largely because of the sterling governance credentials of the governor, Alex Otti,” he said.
Explaining that it is also because of Otti’s personal integrity, he noted that “the programme is designed to equip our youths with skills in garment making and leather works”.
According to him, the programme which is through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is in collaboration with Ethnocentric Ltd.
”The company has onboarded the youths for the second cohort of the fashion future skills acquisition programme in garments and leather works,” he said.
