Okowa receives U.S. Ambassador, seeks partnership to train youths
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by ifeanyi nwoko15 he noted that for nigeria to remain the economic hub of africa youth development through skill acquisition must be fully harnessed so the youths can change their lives and make the country great1 governor okowa made this call on thursday while receiving the ambassador of the united states of america to nigeria mr stuart symington who paid him a courtesy visit in asaba1 the governor while welcoming the ambassador noted that it is very important to trains youths stressing that when trained youths will be off the streets to engage in an economic activity thereby making the country more developed1 it is important that the international community engage in the training of our youths in skill acquisition as it will go a long way to equip them to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country1 we thank you mr ambassador for contributing your quota in the training of some of our youths in agro-business the state will partner with you to train more youths in this business and we are looking for more partners he said1 governor ifeanyi okowa of delta state has called on the international community to engage in the sponsorship of training programmes for nigerian youths in the area of skill acquisition1 so far as a state government we have carried out three cycles of our job creation training we monitor and mentor our trainees and we are glad to say that we have over 62 per cent success rates in our wealth creation programmes the governor disclosed1 he commended the ambassador for visiting the state to find out the progress made in the training of beneficiaries of presidential amnesty programmes expressing delight that the facilities used for the training would be useful in training more youths in the wealth creation programmes by his administration1 responding the ambasador mr symington said they were in the state to visit the agricultural training programme going on through the presidential amnesty programme in partnership with some american investors1 while commending governor okowas administration for providing a conducive environment for the training to take place he observed that agricultural business would boost the economy of nigeria1 gov. okowa used the opportunity to express his gratitude to the world bank for contributing to the training of the youths through the seefor but stated that a lot more needed to be done in youths training1