FG reassures Niger Delta youths on empowerment, job creation

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to empower the youth in the Niger Delta area with a pledge to provide substantial take-off grant to the batch that concluded a month-long fish production empowerment training in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Friday.

Addressing the trainees comprising young men and women drawn from some states in the South South geo-political zone, the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Claudius Omoleye Daramola, said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has restated its determination to ensure that the youth from the zone were effectively empowered to contribute positively to national economic development.

He said: “I congratulate you on the successful completion of this month-long fish production empowerment training. I charge you all to go back to your respective local government areas and use the skill already acquired in establishing your own outfits and become employers of labour.”  

Speaking earlier, the training consultant and Chief Executive of Siegener Sabithos College of Business Management and Information Technology, Dr. Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, disclosed that the trainees were exposed to the modalities of catfish and tilapia fish production including hatchery, breeding as well as the marketing aspects.