No fewer than 120 physically challenged persons have benefited from the skills training and empowerment programme of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) across the country.
The director general of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari said that the programme is part of the 2018 implementable programmes aimed at equipping many Nigerians with skills for employability and entrepreneurship in line with the policy direction of President Muhammad Buhari’s administration.
The director general who was represented by the deputy director, ITF, Martins Shepga said the objective is to provide technical and vocational training to disabled Nigerians in different trades and crafts, adding that nine out of every 10 persons with disability in the country live below the poverty line.
“In most societies including Nigeria, any major disability renders an individual more vulnerable to poverty in view of several factors-some of which are cultural while others stem from the absence of policies that would have ensured that they thrive as any normal person.
“ We believed that equipping the physically challenged people with skills will strengthen them socially and economically”, he said.
According to him, the training commenced in August this year with 120 participants drawn from Bayelsa, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Osun, Plateau and Taraba.
He said the participants were trained in foot-wear making, phone repairs, lady’s wig cap making and manual clothes design and embroidery.
Nicodemus Hananiya who is one of the 20 beneficiaries in Kaduna State promised to contribute his quota to the economic development of the country.
While encouraging the beneficiaries to make use of the opportunity, the District Head of Doka, Bala Tijjani said they must develop the habit of giving back to the society.
ITF also presented startup packs to the beneficiaries to enable them start business immediately.
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