Vocational training is very important. Vocation is a process of going through learning skills involving the use of both machines and other devices to produce things that can be used to better the living condition of the trainees. Vocational training is usually handled by specialists and experts in the chosen fields such as computer, bakery, fashion designing, barbing, catering, bricklaying, beads making, mechanical repair and other kinds of vocations that will “keep the youths out of unemployment market”.
Youths are advised to show interest and take advantage of any vocational training organized by the government or private individuals or non-governmental organizations. The purpose of this noble program is for the young ones to acquire skills so as to become financially independent. There is no employment opportunity as the market is saturated with school leavers of different qualifications.
Creativity is the key word now and this can be achieved by the youths if they learn skills instead of going about looking for paid employments that do not exist. When everybody is engaged by way of employment or self-employment the crimes such as kidnapping, robbery, pilfering, unhealthy arguments on superiority or otherwise about football clubs or players and other vices will be reduced.
Lagos State Government Ministry of Youth and Social Development in Conjunction with 'Ojuloge Arts Leadership and Development Initiatives', is trying to reduce or if possible eradicate unemployment by empowering youths, and recently 500 Youths and women have benefited from the scheme. On the day of graduation ceremony, the State Commissioner for Youth and Social development, Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf who delivered a keynote address at the graduation ceremony said, “The training program was centered at empowering and enhancing youths in order to improve their livelihoods and create job opportunities for others”. The commissioner expressed her joy that many youths and women “across the five administrative divisions of the state had benefited from the program”.
The commissioner thanked the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for giving full support for the youth empowerment program “without bias to their ethnic, religious or social status”.
We in the Mighty Voice use our medium to advice the teaming youths and the vulnerable girls to stop roaming about and embrace the noble ideas of both the State and Federal governments which mean well for them.
Aminat Adesope is one of our staff writers.
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