NASENI trains 120 Kogi electricians, gives each ₦50,000 and starter packs

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) don train 120 electricians for Kogi State for modern electrical installation and maintenance, and give each of dem starter pack and ₦50,000 to help dem start to dey earn.

The five-day programme end with closing ceremony and certificate presentation for Lokoja. Dem draw participants from all 21 local government areas of the state, according to The Nation.

NASENI dey run the training under its Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment Programme (SATYE), wey aim to give young people practical skills wey match demand for building and construction industry.

Why e matter for ordinary Nigerians

Nigeria's growing number of homes, offices, shops, factories, farms and schools don raise demand for electricians wey sabi install and maintain wiring properly, NASENI talk. For the 120 trainees, the hope na say the skill go become steady income instead of certificate wey go end up for drawer.

The agency's Executive Vice Chairman, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, talk say the programme design to turn practical skills into livelihoods and economic independence. He talk through the Acting Coordinating Director, Finance and Accounts, Ibrahim Baba Dauda.

"At NASENI, our vision of industrialisation goes beyond factories and machines. Industrial development must ultimately create opportunities for ordinary Nigerians," Halilu talk.

He beg the beneficiaries make dem no sell the starter packs, describe dem as tools for sustainable livelihood. He also link the programme to President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, wey the agency talk say aim to widen economic opportunities and build human capital.

The Maikarfi of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambar Kabir Maikarfi IV, wey im title appear for reports in different small small forms, praise NASENI for bringing the training to him domain. He tell participants say their conduct and quality of work go shape how public see the agency.

"Your success will not only benefit you and your families; it will also demonstrate the value of NASENI's intervention," the traditional ruler talk.

Halilu thank the Kogi State government, the Maigari, chiefs, religious leaders and the city's political leadership for their support. He talk say NASENI dey extend similar training to other areas, including civil engineering and tailoring.

Wetin go happen next

The 120 trainees suppose begin to take on electrical installation and maintenance jobs with their new tools and the ₦50,000 each receive. NASENI talk say e go keep pushing skills training into communities across the country, though e no talk which states next.