ITF Trains 310 Youths In Ebonyi

By Joyce Onuora, Abakaliki

Three hundred and ten youths in Ebonyi  State have been trained by the

Industrial Training Fund, ITF, on various vocational skills in the state.

The Area manager of the agency Mrs Ifeyinwa Osagie disclosed this when

she led other management staff on a courtesy visit to the State

Governor Engr David Nweze Umahi at the Government house, Abakaliki.

Osagie who said that the beneficiaries were trained in the areas of

catering, Aluminum fabrication and tiling, adding the 20 physically

challenged youths were also trained in GSM repairs and bead making.

She further said that the beneficiaries of the training were also

assisted with equipment to enable them become self reliant and

disclosed their readiness to partner Ebonyi state government in the

training of its workforce.

Responding, the Governor Umahi who  represented by his Deputy Governor

Dr Kelechi Igwe, said the present administration has expended over N3bn

in the empowerment of youths and women in the last three years.

While commending ITF for the gesture, Gov Umahi appealed to them to

increase the number of trainees in the state because of the peculiar

nature of the state which has long years of marginalization before it

was created.

He gave an assurance that government would give them all the necessary

assistance required for their smooth operations in the state.