Obiano halts Anambra youth empowerment programme
Barely a month to the end of his administration, Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has ended the One-Youth-One Skill Empowerment Programme of his administration.
The initiative, run by the state’s ministry of youth empowerment and creative economy, was launched in 2018 and aimed at empowering youths to be financially independent.
The Commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy, Theresa Obiekezie, stated this during the graduating ceremony of the Fifth Batch of the training programme.
Obiekezie said no fewer than 10,000 youths, have so far, benefited from the programme, with a Trade Test Certificate from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and start-up packs.
According to her, the programme will be the last as a new administration would be taking over next month.
She said, “As you all know, in one month time, the present administration will come to an end. We are closing down this programme as the next administration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo, might not want to continue with it.”
The training covers confectioneries, barbing, cosmetology, shoe making and Solar and CCTV production and repair. The graduates were trained at three different centres in the three senatorial districts of Anambra State.
