Chris Ngige, minister of Labour and Productivity has advised Abia State Government not to relent in its efforts at promoting entrepreneurship in the State and country at large.
This is also as he expressed satisfaction over the State Government’s efforts towards realizing its youth empowerment programme.
Ngige, while on tour of Kiara De Luke Academy, a skill acquisition centre, located at Umuobiakwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, Monday, observed that the centre, would be a focal point of empowerment programme in the South-East region.
He encouraged the State Government not to relent in its entrepreneurial project in the nation’s economy.
Raymond Aliga, chairman multiple Discipline Skills and Entrepreneurs Development Centre, operators of the centre, revealed that the Academy is a public private partnership initiative aimed at improving the skills of young people in line with Federal Government’s vision of encourage entrepreneurship.
Aliga, explained that the Academy has modern facilities to produce furniture, street light poles, as well as bricks, in large quantity, while plans are on to modernize markets so as to reduce power consumption.
Endi Ezengwa, executive director, Kiara De Luke Academy also stated that the Academy trains people in block making, bricklaying, carpentry and furniture making, plumbing and other related courses of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the Federal Ministry of Labour curriculum.
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