Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says the N-Power Graduate Skills
Acquisition Programme will be expanded and made better to benefit more
Nigerian youths. Osinbajo made the disclosure on Friday during a visit to Kiara
De-Luke Multi-Skill and Entrepreneurship Centre, an N-Power training
centre at Umuobiakwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia.
Addressing the trainees, the vice president said the N-Power
programme was very important to the Federal Government because of its
focus on empowering the youths through capacity building.
“The programme will be expanded, enriched, made bigger and better and we will improve the welfare of those in the programme.
“The Federal Government wants to demonstrate through you that
Nigerian young people are not only competent, but can with the best
training become the best available anywhere in the world.
“You can be sure that we are going to see this programme through. We
are going to continue the programme. We are not going to stop it.
“It is the largest of its kind anywhere in Africa. We want to prove
that it is possible not only to keep young people employed and engaged
but to train at the same time on a continuous basis and to train them
using technology.
“We want to prove also that you do not need to know anybody to be
able get a job. You do not have to go and speak to anybody. You get the
job in a free and fair manner.
“So, I want to ask you to be committed because sometimes there may be difficulties,” he said.