By Gabriel Kekong
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the training of about 75 unemployed youths in Taraba State on Environpreneurship Development Scheme (EDS) that focuses on environmental problems.
During the orientation programme who h took placed at Camp Lavet hotel in Jalingo, the state capital, the NDE Director General, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, said Environprenuership Development is about bringing market principles to resolve environmental problems, and encourages Market-Based solutions to environmental problems by educating environmentalists, principles of economics and market.
Fikpo who was represented by the Taraba state coordinator, Alhaji Danjuma Shehu said the programme is aimed at improving the environmental sustainability and the social contribution to the society.
He said, participants at the program would be trained on block moulding, laying of interlock, tiles laying, plaster of Paris (POP) and raising of nurseries/flowers for a period of three months.
“The main objectives of the scheme is to reduce unemployment among youth by providing “on-the-job training in Enviroprenuership Development.
“Provide entrepreneurship skills training to interested unemployed youths and persons through various workshops on recycling existing waste materials/resources which will in turn benefits present and future generations,” he said.
Meanwhile, he concluded by saying that, the program is proposed that prospective participants who interest in the scheme are qualified to participate, include both university graduates, NCE holders, diploma holders and school leavers.
