ITF Equipped 3,905 Nigerians with Skills, Says DG

Igbawase Ukumba

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) yesterday said it has equipped at least 3,905 Nigerians with skills in two trade areas of catering/event management and plumbing in the past one year.

The Director General of the ITF, Joseph Ari, disclosed this at the closing ceremony graduation of 2021 National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP) and Federal Government Skills Empowerment Programmes (FEGOSEP) in Lafia.

Ari, who was represented by the Lafia ITF Area Manager, Garba Hassan, continued that about 100 youths were also trained in Nasarawa State in the area of catering/event management, plumbing and pipe fitting.

According to the ITF DG, ‘given the intensity and the very practical nature of the training, the trainees were equipped with the necessary skills and attitudes for them to strive as employees or as entrepreneurs.

He said, “Since the inception of the NISDP/FEGOSEP, it has equipped thousands of Nigerians nationwide with skills for employability and entrepreneurship. This phase of the Programme, which the closing ceremony is taking place today, commenced in the third quarter of 2021.”

Highpoint of the event was the presentation of Start-up Pacts to the trainees by the management of the ITF.