Buni Engages SMEDAN To Tap Opportunities For Graduates
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has initiated partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to explore opportunities for graduates in the state to be self-employed.
The governor, in a meeting with the Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii on Monday, said he was worried and shares the pain of the unemployed graduates.
“The government is committed to securing employment opportunities to the unemployed graduates to meet the expectations of their families, for them to live their lives with dignity and prosperity.
“The state government in the recent past massively employed university graduates, Higher and Ordinary Diploma holders, and National Certificate of Education graduates across the 178 political wards in the state.”
The governor assured that his administration would continue to work towards providing opportunities for gainful employment for the unemployed in the state in order to have decent means of livelihood,
“As a government, we are committed to do anything humanly possible to secure and stand for our graduates to be employed, and be self employed,” he added.
Buni noted with pleasure that many youths trained in various trades are today not only gainfully employed but also employers of labour.
“This partnership occupies a very special place in the heart of our administration, and we are committed to secure jobs for our youth.
“Government will explore the potentials in each of the 17 local government areas to provide means of livelihood and economic prosperity to our youth,” he said.
Earlier, the Director General of SMEDAN, expressed the readiness of the agency to partner Yobe state government in providing opportunities for the unemployed graduates.
Odii said SMEDAN would drive, stimulate and coordinate development of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) among the targeted beneficiaries to promote self employment.
The DG assured that the partnership would provide the beneficiaries with skills that would accelerate self employment programmes for economic prosperity.
The meeting was attended the member representing Nangere/Potiskum federal Constituency, Hajiya Fatsuma Talba.
