NDDC, SPDC train 1,620 Niger Delta women on skills
THE NIGER DELTA Development Commission (NDDC) and Shell Petroleum Development Company have trained and empowered a total of 1,620 rural women from the Niger Delta region as part of their skills acquisition training programmes.
The women, who have been presented with starter packs, will also be given financial support to enable them rent shops to start their various trades.
Presenting the packs to the beneficiaries, Managing
Director of the NDDC, Dr. Christian Oboh, explained that the skills acquisition programme was in line with the Commission’s cardinal principle of creating wealth and tackling the problem of unemployment among youths and women in the region.
Dr. Oboh, who was represented at the event by Director, Administration and Human Resources, Dr. Henrietta Ogan, charged beneficiaries to utilize the skills acquired by putting the starter packs into good use to improve their lives and families.
Also speaking, Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, explained that the partnership with NDDC on skills acquisition falls within the company’s philosophy of contributing to the economic empowerment of youths in the Niger Delta, and commended the NDDC for being a worthy partner.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Keren Akarah commended the NDDC for the opportunity to be trained, and assured that the skills acquired would be maximally utilized.
The beneficiaries, drawn from the nine NDDC states, were trained in various skills such as interior decoration, soft furnishing, hair weaving, fixing, beading, hat making, cosmetology, photography, videography as well as tie and dye technique.
The starter packs include sewing and industrial machines, hairdryers, decoration kits, generators, gas cookers/cylinders, weaving machines/weave-on and hair attachments, wash hand basins, stretchers, special make up bags, manicure bags, facial steamers, message machines, photo printers, cyber shot cameras as well