Nigeria: NGO Trains 557 Rivers Youths in Skills Acquisition

Daily Champion

28 Feb 2011

Nigeria: NGO Trains 557 Rivers Youths in Skills Acquisition

Port Harcourt — A total of 557 youths from various communities in Rivers State have been trained in various skills by the Arm of Hope World outreach, a Non Government Organisation based in Port Harcourt , the state capital.

The skills include, information and communication technology, events management, cake design, interior decoration, soap making and paint making.

President of the organization, Apostle Eugene Ogu disclosed this, while speaking to newsmen, shortly after the graduation ceremony of the second batch of the trainees in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Ogu said a total of 250 youths participated in the first phase of the skill acquisition training and were empowered financially to establish their selves while 507 youths participated in the second phase of the training.

He explained that the skills acquisition training is organized simultaneously in Abia, Imo, Bayelsa, Plateau, Jigawa and Borno States, pointing out that the NGO has undertaken other humanitarian projects in several parts of Northern Nigeria .