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FG trains 177 Kano youths on smart phone repairs, distributes starter packs

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"D5Y8fIEN" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Federal Government has trained 177 youths in Kano on smart phone repairs to address youth unemployment&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"7d9GWPSM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs&comma; Disasters Management and Social Development&comma; Hajia Sadiya Farouq&comma; made this known at the closing ceremony of the N-Skill Training on Smartphone repairs and services on Wednesday in Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The minister said that N-Skill Programme was based on a certification system and an accreditation of practical training provided through the informal training system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to her&comma; each of the 177 beneficiaries will go home with rework soldering station &lpar;Soldering Iron&rpar;&comma; Digital multimeter&comma; a set of precision screwdrivers&comma; repair tool kit and magnifying lamp&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wytkTX8e" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;26&sol;kano-2023abba-kabir-yusuf-floors-dansarauniyaothers-in-an-online-opinion-poll&sol;">Kano 2023&colon;Abba Kabir Yusuf Floors Dansarauniya&comma;Others In An Online Opinion Poll<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Farouq said the programme was a demonstration of President Buhari’s efforts at addressing youth unemployment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She explained that the programme was a clear demonstration of the commitment to collectively address youth unemployment in line with President Buhari’s efforts to reduce poverty in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Represented by Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment&comma; Dr Nasir Mahmoud&comma; explained that the programme accommodated many skills-based enterprises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She noted that the graduate and non-graduate components of the N-Power programme had been expanded to provide job opportunities for 16&comma;629 unemployed youths in Kano state under the Batch C&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The minister added that this followed the successfully exiting of 18&comma; 042 youths under Batches A and B<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Federal Government is investing over N5&period;9 billion for the training&comma; tooling and&sol;or payment of monthly stipends on the Batch C beneficiaries&period; This is a tremendous direct injection of resources at the grassroots and in the hands of youths&comma;” she added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said that smart phone repairs was used to pilot the programme under the N-Power non-graduate component as it was targeted at &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have acquired life-long skills that will help you to develop an entrepreneurial understanding of the trade&semi; be responsible citizens&comma; take decision and effectively manage interpersonal relationships&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Understand theoretical aspects of smart phone repairs and gain practical experience of basic smart phone repairs techniques&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Acquire knowledge and skills required to successfully start the smart phone repairs business and effectively manage it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am very confident that your participation in the programme has changed your orientation and prepared you to optimize employment opportunities in the smart phone repairs and service market&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to her&comma; the beneficiaries will be attached directly to Master Craft Persons &lpar;MCPs&rpar; in the trade for a six-month apprenticeship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She noted that the MCPs are masters of smart phone repairs who were also trained and certified by National Board for Technical Education &lpar;NBTE&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to her&comma; in the six-month attachment period&comma; your performance will be assessed and examined by the NBTE and the National Business and Technical Examination Board &lpar;NABTEB&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The minister said this would lead to the issuance of NBTE certificates to those that met the minimum requirements&comma; urging them to work hard to meet the requirements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also speaking&comma; the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry&comma; Dr Nasir Gwarzo&comma; said that the training would prepare them to optimise employment opportunities in the smart phone repairs and service market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Represented by Special Adviser to the Minister&comma; Hashim Abubakar&comma; he urged the beneficiaries to be good ambassadors of the NSIP&comma; humanitarian ministry and the Federal Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Baba Zubairu&comma; the Kano state Focal Person&comma; NSIP urged the beneficiaries to become entrepreneurs&comma; thereby creating jobs for the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the beneficiaries&comma; Aliyu Abubakar&comma; thanked the president for giving them the opportunity to participate in the programme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He promised to use the starter pack for the purpose it was intended and pledged to share the knowledge with orders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; 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