UNICEF empowers 4,500 vulnerable individuals in Adamawa with skills training
UNICEF has empowered 4,500 vulnerable youth and women in the Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State through technical and vocational skills acquisition training.
During the graduation ceremony on Thursday, Mr. AbdulRahaman Ibrahim, Education Specialist at UNICEF’s Bauchi field office, announced that 1,500 participants from the fifth batch of this impactful training program successfully completed their courses.
Represented by Mrs. Paulina Kigbu, UNICEF Senior Education Facilitator, Ibrahim emphasised the variety of skills covered in the training, which included tailoring, welding, poultry farming, interlocking brick making, shoe production, and soap making.
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This initiative, part of the KFW2 project funded by the Government of Germany, aims to create a positive impact on the lives of beneficiaries by equipping them with practical skills for a sustainable livelihood.
“This milestone marks a significant achievement in empowering 4,500 youth, young adults, female headed households and other vulnerable people that were affected by the insurgency who cannot go back to formal school due to their current age bracket,” he said.
Also speaking, Dr Garba Pella, the state Commissioner for Education, expressed the state’s appreciated to UNICEF and other stakeholders who contributed for the success of the training.
Pella said that the training would help transform the lives of the beneficiaries and contribute to socio-economic development of the state.
He urged beneficiaries to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in their various place of work where they would be operating not only as self employed but also as employers of labour in their respective communities.
Similarly, Maryam Daji, the Acting Executive Secretary, Adamawa Mass Education Board, thanked the state government for providing the enable environment.
Daji, who was represented by Mr Emmanuel Adiel, the Director Literacy, commended the dedication of the trainees and expressed gratitude to partners for all the support.
She advised the beneficiaries to take the advantage of the skills acquired to be self-reliant for the benefit of all.
However, one of the beneficiaries, Mohammed Bello, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries, lauded UNICEF’s efforts for training the vulnerable and appealed to the state government and other partners to help the beneficiaries with starter’s parks.
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