While declaring open the entrepreneurship workshop yesterday in Yola, the governor said that government no longer had the financial capacity to employ thousands of graduates churned out by schools yearly. The participants will train other 210 women and youth. The workshop, themed ‘Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Nation Building’, was organised by Kambu International Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with BOI, to train women and youths in smoked fish packaging, photography, art and crafts. He said the objective of the training was to reduce the high rate of unemployment and equip the participants with business development skills and financial management. In her opening remarks, the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Kambu International Nigeria limited, Mrs.Dabney Shall-Holma, said the training would not only boost the revenue of the state, but that women and youths would become employers of labour.

Source: The Guardian July 15, 2021 04:30 UTC