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NOT fewer than 105 unemployed youths in Kaduna have been recruited by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) into its Youth Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme (YESAP), as the management expressed commitment to equip successful trainees with other tools to facilitate their start up after the programme.
Members of management of the KRPC who flagged-off the training exercise for the new intakes at the weekend said that a total of 405 unemployed youths from the communities where the oil company is cited in the state have so far benefited from the skill acquisition programme since the commencement four years ago.
Besides, the Managing Director of KRPC, Mr. Bolanle Ayodele in an opening address, said that “in the four years of its existence, this programme has empowered over 300 youths and here is another batch of 105 selected from different parts of our host community, ready to embark on the journey of self-development and self-reliance”.
According to Ayodele, “we have increased the number of the trainees from 105 and have also engaged the services of the top class consulting organisations - National Directorate of Employment (NDE), HUSAK Consulting, Hanzy Beauty Institute, the National Agricultural Extension, Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria to run the programme”.
The KRPC boss urged youths penciled for the training programme to understand that “ You have the privilege of being chosen by your communities to participate in the programme, should make the most of the rare opportunity”, pointing out that “KRPC has invested huge sums of scarce resources, time and energy and your various communities have reposed a lot of confidence in you to be in the programme.
“It is my hope that the investments will not go to waste. We have received heart-warming reports that many of the past beneficiaries of the programme are now doing well on their own”, Ayodele noted.
Meanwhile, in an earlier speech, the Manager, Public Affairs Department of the Refinery, Mallam Abdullahi Idris explained that KRPC embarked on the empowerment of the unemployed youths in the communities where the company operates as a gesture of social responsibility, noting that “this is no mean feat on the part of KRPC management considering that the present harsh economic climate is forcing many presumably buoyant organizations, to all together cancel some of their projects or at best down-size them”.
Those participating in the training programme, include 95 Senior School Certificate of Education (SSCE) holders, nine National Diploma holders, three NCE holders, two HND holders and one bachelor’s degree holder.