20 beneficiaries get NDE business counselling, training in Gombe
By Chima Azubuike
No fewer than 20 beneficiaries have been considered to get business management training of the National Directorate of Employment.
Disclosing this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the NDE-Entreprise and Finance Counselling Clinic training, Director-General of the Directorate Abubakar Fikpo, said the training opportunity is under the Small Scale Enterprises Department.
Fikpo, who was represented by the State Coordinator Jediel Stephen, said the NDE- EFCC is geared towards improving solid business management, in order to avert regular challenges hampering small businesses.
He said, “The Concept of NDE-EFCC was borne out of the desire to provide opportunity for business persons facing challenges to obtain solutions through experience sharing with other businessmen or through the counselling sessions with established business persons that are part of the facilitators of the training. The clinic seeks to guide them in solid business management,” Fikpo added.
While lamenting the challenges of unemployment, Fikpo stressed the need for encouragement of businesses, the DG said, “My dear brothers and sisters. I am sure you are aware that statistics of unemployment in Nigeria is high. It is also important to note that more universities are emerging which would mean more graduates being churned out of these universities to join the already bloated labour market. This particular situation can only result in frustration and give rise to various anti- social behaviours such as youth restiveness, prostitution, robbery. kidnapping, and other social ills resulting from joblessness.”
Also speaking, Deputy Director of SSE, NDE Headquarters Abuja, Chikodi Ike, who was represented by Ahmed Sulaiman, of the North-East Zonal office commended the participants for passing through a rigorous selection process.
Ike noted that the training is going on simultaneously across 18 states, with 20 participants stressing that they should maximise the advantages, “I urge you to take advantage of this opportunity and do your utmost to get the best out of this training,” Ike added.
