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NDE begins skills acquisition training for women in C/River

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National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Cross River State has begun a two-week skills acquisition training for 50 women in the state.

Mr Edem Duke, NDE state coordinator, said at the flag-off of the training in Calabar that the women would be trained in the use of Adire materials to make ladies handbags and shoes.

He said that the participants would also undergo business orientation to equip them with management skills to set up businesses after the training. “This programme is another effort by the NDE to stamp out unemployment problem in the state and the country at large,” Duke said.

He noted that the task of job creation has become more challenging and requiring a more concerted effort to achieve.

According to him, the idea of training women to make ladies handbags and shoes is because of their passion for fashion.

The coordinator, therefore, advised the women to take the training seriously, warning that the directorate would not condone any form of laxity.

He reminded the participants, that they were picked out of the 80 women that applied; as such they must make effort to justify their selection.

Duke assured that the NDE would provide the resource persons and funds with which to buy materials required for the training.

In a remark, Mrs Magdalene Agibe, Special Assistant to Governor Lyel Emoke on Job Placement, advised the women to commit themselves fully to the training.

Agibe also urged them to strive to make a living out of the skills acquired in order to help themselves and their families. She stressed the importance of women empowerment, saying that government was doing everything possible to ensure that the people of the state were gainfully employed.

One of the participants, Mrs Grace Ekpenyong, commended NDE for selecting them and promised that they would work hard to justify their selection for the training.

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