Obiano’s Govt Restates Commitment Towards Youth Empowerment Programmes
Anambra State Government has reassured of its responsibility to maintaining numerous youth empowerment programmes as veritable means of combatting poverty and restiveness in the state.
The State Commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy, Prof. Theresa Obiekezie, said this while receiving a youth group during a courtesy call in her office.
She explained that the government had initiated various youth empowerment and development programmes, aimed at equipping them with the skills to drive them into economic sustainability and entrepreneurship.
While stating that her Ministry had carried out some skills acquisition programmes in partnership with some agencies, she decried an apparent apathy by the youths on issues of skills acquisition in preference for white collar jobs.
The Commissioner told the delegation that the government would always provide the needed enabling environment to the youths to explore and maximize their potential so as to add value to the society.
Earlier, the Coordinator of NYCN, Njikoka LGA, Chapter, Mr. Godwin Okoye, extolled the commissioner for initiating life-changing programmes that had positively impacted lives of the youths in the state.
