By:Prince Kator Awuhe
Benue State Governor, Rev. Dr. Hyacinth Alia has fulfilled his promise to train and empower Benue youths with tech skills.
It will be recalled that last year,in his effort to create employment opportunities for youths, Governor Alia promised that the Benue State government was going to collaborate with Troika Tex Digital Communications Ltd, Google and Microsoft to conduct a comprehensive tech skill development for youth.
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According to the Governor, 10,000 Benue youths were going to be trained, while 50,000 jobs will be created.
Governor Alia further disclosed that, the world was heading towards a technology driven economy, therefore it is imperative for every Benue youth to be armed for the challenge ahead.
At the commencement of the programme for the physical trainees in Makurdi, the lead consultant, Engr. Jeffrey Udende disclosed that the Benue State Government was not just training the youths but also going to give the youths jobs.
“What the government is doing is not just training the youths but those who have done this successfully and have no jobs will be given jobs.
“We are training 10,000 youths physically and online. We created the online classroom because of those who applied and went for NYSC. The good thing about the training is that the jobs are hanging. This is the first government in Nigeria that is giving the youths intensive digital ICT training.
“In fact, the participants are doing very well and we are looking at exporting the talents before the end of the training period because all of them that are getting on well will get jobs.
“So the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia deserves all the commendation for giving our youths this opportunity to develop themselves and become useful to themselves and the society and also generate over 50,000 jobs.”
The Training Consultant, Samson Igoche disclosed that “the training is an initiative of the state government and it is to get beneficiaries start developing local content. It will also launch the Benue youth into the global economy.”
Some of the participants, Terver Iorfa and Gloria Ochefu appreciated Governor Alia for the life changing opportunity which will equip them to compete globally.
In their separate remarks, they promised to put the skills acquired to use, not just for their personal benefit, but that of the state too.
The Benue tech skills programme is to last for six months.
The participants will be trained in cyber security, digital marketing, artificial intelligence, coding and programming, amongst others.
