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NPA Boss, Calls for More Vocational Training for Nigerian Youths
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has advocated for the provision of adequate vocational training for the Nigerian youths by all tiers of government in order to equip them with skills needed for gainful employment.
Usman who bagged an Award for outstanding Leadership in Public Sector Transparency and Open Budget System also made case for the establishment of more vocational training institutions so as to accommodate many youths who are willing to acquire skills that will make them self-employed.
The Managing Director made the call while contributing to a national discourse on youth employment organized by Daar Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) at the Ladi Kwali Hall of Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Abuja recently.
Tagged Youth Unemployment: A Time bomb? As part of activities marking DAAR 0 2017 and had Mrs. Seinye Lulu Briggs as keynote speaker and Professor Akpan Ekpo as the Chairman of the occasion.
Hadiza Bala Usman commended the keynote speaker for her detailed description of the youths in Nigeria noting that it is a gross misconception to regard a Forty (40) year old person as a youth because at that age, they are no longer vulnerable.
While stressing for local, states and federal government to utilize and appreciate the youths which she said constitute 70% of the Nigerian population, she called for enactment of policies that would help the youths actualize their dreams.
She asserted further that it is not possible for government to employ all youths, but that government should provide policies and legal framework that can promote the manufacturing sector which can provide employment for the youths.
The Managing Director advised government to look into the entertainment of the film industries, citing the case of the United States of America (USA) where about 600 companies created employment for the population, pointing out that this will provide solution to youth’s restiveness.
she urged government to explore sports sector of the economy, which she described as very huge, noting that militancy, Boko Haram are products of youth neglect, and that the sports sector is an area that will also provide veritable employment for them
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Lady Dies After Friends Pushed Her Into Boiling Pot Of Fresh Pepper In Delta State
A Nigerian man identified as Israel Joe, has revealed how his friend, Roseline, died after she was pushed into a boiling pot of fresh pepper and tomatoes by her two female friends in Sapele, Delta State.
Joe stated that Roseline, a caterer, went on a trip with her friends to Sapele for a catering job where the bitter ordeal occured.
She tragically passed away on Saturday, April 13 after spending two weeks at the hospital in a very horrible state.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Joe said that before her untimely death, Roseline confided in him about two of her friends who were treating her coldly.
And he has vowed to bring them to justice.
This is such a heartbreaking event.
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IPOB Declares May 30th As Sit-at-home Day Across The Southern East States To Honour Biafran Fallen Heroes
The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared May 30, 2024, as a sit-at-home day across the South-East to celebrate Biafran soldiers.
The pro-Biafran group said that day is set aside annually to celebrate the men and women who died in the Biafran war between 1967 and 1970 and beyond and even until now.
This was made known in a press statement by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, adding that every Biafran in the South-East is expected to sit at home and reflect on the war.
He cautioned South-East residents to avoid loitering about on this day, adding that those who intend to travel to and fro Biafra land must do so before the evening of May 29.
The IPOB statement also directed that all the residents of “Biafra Land” are to stay indoors from 6 am to 6 pm on May 30, 2024.
He also called on christians and traditionalists to pray to Chukwu okike abiama for the fallen heroes, And also for the independence of Biafra from Nigeria.
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Anambra State Government Arrests Man For Marrying Off His Underage Daughter
The Anambra State Government has arrested one Uzochukwu Okoli, for marrying off his underaged daughter.
Okoli was apprehended after his daughter reported to the State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare about the alleged ill-treatment being meted out to her by her father and the man he forced her to marry.
The daughter, Chioma Okoli, who is currently 16 years old, said after the death of her mother, her father took her and her sister out of Edo state and brought them to Anambra.
She alleged that she was first forced to live with a 70-plus-year-old man at the age of 14 but after some time, she ran back to her father’s house before he finally gave her out to a 34-year-old Chinedu Nweke as husband.
Chioma who was in the company of her sister, explained that life with Chinedu has been a living hell because he allegedly beats her and sometimes pees in her mouth.
She said this act made her run away with their 9-month-old baby. Her father, Uzochukwu Okoli, on the other hand, claimed her daughter is 18 years old and, at some point, said she is 20 years old.
After he was handcuffed, Mr Okoli threatened to deal with the daughters if he made it out of prison. He also urged Chioma and her sister to pray he dies in prison because he would make life more miserable for them.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo, has instructed that the case be charged to court so that the girl can get justice.
Both Mr Okoli and Chinedu Nweke were arrested and will be arraigned in court.
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