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NDE Trains 300 Unemployed Youths In Cosmetology, Other Trades In Bauchi
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The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), on Wednesday commenced the training of 300 unemployed youths on cosmetology and other trades in Bauchi state.
Speaking during the commencement of the training exercise in Bauchi, Mr Nasir Argungu, the Director-General (D-G) of NDE, said that the exercise was part of the Federal Government’s resolve to tackle unemployment in the country.
He said the 300 youths were recruited and would be trained under the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) of the NDE.
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The D-G who was represented by the state coordinator of NDE, Mr Lawan Yaya, said that 200 out of the 300 were women to be engaged purely on cosmetology.
He said the other 100 which consisted mainly of men were to be trained on other trades such as tailoring, carpentry, bricks and blocks laying, welding, computer training among others.
Argungu, who explained that, under cosmetology training, participants were going to learn how to make both liquid and bar soaps, hair cream, perfume, jewelries and vaseline, said the training would last for two weeks.
He said the training for other trades would take up to three months with the participants entitled to six thousand naira as transport fare.
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“The training for cosmetology is going to last for the period of two weeks while that of other trades would be three months.
“For the three months, the participants would be entitled to stipends of six thousand naira as transport fare while those of cosmetology would be given one thousand naira as transport fare for the two weeks,” said the D-G.
Argungu advised the participants to be very serious about the training, saying it was a rare opportunity given to them.
“My advice for them is that they should be serious about their training because this is a rare opportunity that if it is somewhere they want to learn it, they may be spending up to N50,000 to learn it,” he said.
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Mrs Zainab Hassan, one of the participants who spoke on behalf of others appreciated the NDE and the Federal Government for the rare opportunity given to them.
He advised others to make the best of the training so as to be self reliant and employer of labour.
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243 Passengers Cheat Death As Air Peace Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Lagos Airport
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EditorAn Air Peace plane coming from Port Harcourt made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday after the pilots noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit.
The aircraft, which had 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board, landed safely at 4:45pm on Runway18L of the Lagos airport.
The pilots immediately shut down the engines of the aircraft after fire fighting personnel reportedly observed smoke on the engines.
The call sign of the aircraft is: APK7193.
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Air Peace, in a statement, said it was later discovered that the fire warning noticed in the cockpit was false.
The statement was titled, “Notification of false fire alarm on Port Harcourt-Lagos flight.”
It reads, “We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024.
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“Some minutes before landing, our Captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all safety precautionary measures, and the fire indicator went off. The Captain immediately notified our Operations Control Centre in Lagos at 17:37 hrs.
“It was determined upon landing that the alarm was falsely triggered as there was no fire event. The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers disembarked normally.
“We want to reassure the flying public that safety remains our utmost priority, and we are unwavering in our commitment to it.”
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Citizens Groan As Petrol Sells For Over N1000 Per Litre In Kaduna
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April 25, 2024By
EditorThere was acute fuel scarcity in Kaduna metropolis on Thursday, as majority fuel stations were not dispensing fuel, leaving those selling at the black market hiked the price to over N1000 a litre of petrol.
The situation caused hardship on computers, as many were seen trekking to their various places of destination due to sudden hike in transport fare.
Two State University students, Ahmad and Shehu said before the scarcity, they paid N200 fare from Kawo to the Kaduna State University but now it’s between N300 to 400.
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“Many have resorted to trekking in order to reduce the distance, but the hot weather has not made it easy,” said Shehu.
Major roads had fewer vehicles as the situation had made car owners to park their vehicles until the fuel situation becomes affordable.
However, there was a long queue at a fuel situation dispensing petrol in Kaduna North, where it was alleged they hiked the pump price to between N750 and N810 per litre.
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A journey that previously cost N150 from Signboard Junction to the Central Market, was hiked to between 200 to 250 by the commercial operators due to the scarcity.
Malam Sabo, a commercial bus driver said he bought fuel at the black market for N1,200 per litre, and he could only make a profit if he increased the transport fare.
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The Federal Government on Thursday said that the Labour Employment and Empowerment Programme (LEEP), a flagship of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, is capable of creating at least 2.5 million direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians.
The government explained that LEEP targets zero hunger, zero poverty economic growth and decent jobs through six strategic initiatives which are digital skills initiative, vocational entrepreneurship skills programmes, infrastructural upgrade, NELEX upgrade for employment acceleration, global remote work initiative and labour compliance enhancement.
Speaking at the unveiling of the programme in Abuja, the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, urged development partners such as the World Bank, GIZ, the European Union, UNIDO and the Bank of Industry to support the drive of the current administration to mitigate the hardship Nigerians were undergoing.
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Insisting that poverty could be eradicated in the country, the Minister said that her ministry has so many structures that could take care of all the issues mostly neglected in Nigeria if they were ignited.
She said six out of the eight agendas under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda are under the labour ministry, adding that it was time to take deliberate actions and think out of the box to make life more meaningful for Nigerians.
The Minister expressed optimism that within four years about one million jobs should have been created through LEEP.
According to Onyejeocha, “We are in a position where we need to reposition the labour ministry. The world is moving towards technology and digitalisation and we don’t want to be left behind.
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“We can’t do it alone and so we need to partner with you to help us succeed in the country. Mr President during his campaign was clear about where he wanted to take Nigeria. Today we want to be deliberate, and accurate to key into the renewed hope agenda and we want to solicit your support to help us in achieving our key performance index.
“The ministry is out to make sure poverty is reduced if not totally eradicated through job creation. If we create enough decent jobs it will reduce a lot of the problems we have today including insecurity.
“We want to make sure Nigeria have food to eat, ensure regulation and workers welfare. Also, empowerment is very critical so we are going to be very deliberate to empower people with what they can use to start up their own business and become employers of labour.
“When you do this deliberately, poverty will be reduced, empowerment will be real and training will be impactful.”
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