A youth corp member, Osamusanmi Afe Tosin, has organized a five-day entrepreneurship training programme for staff and students of Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo.
The exercise began on Monday July 25 and ended on Friday July 29, 2016 in the College.
Speaking at the commencement of the exercise, Osamusanmi, who is currently undertaking her one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme at the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) in the College, explained that the free entrepreneurship training exercise, was
organised in order to reduce level of unemployment and poverty among
unemployed youth, and to provide means of livelihood to less
priviledged persons including physically challenged and widows in the
College and Ondo community in general.
While bemoaning the plight of unemployed youth in the country, the
Youth Corp member, opined that the situation could be addressed
through provision of skill acquisition and establishment of
entrepreneurial training centres across the country. She stated that
the step would enable those who offered themselves for the training to
acquire necessary skills that would transform them from job seekers to
employment providers.
She listed areas where participants undertook training during the
five-day exercise to include bead and wire-work production;
hairdressing, soap making, cream, perfume and disinfectants
production.
Others are bridal handfan / bouquet production; makeover, facial art,
bridal gele production, tie and die, banner making, T-shirt
customization as well as web design.
In addition, she also stated that participants were also trained in
areas which include driving, agro fishing, cake and confectionaries
production; photography / Video editing, bags/ souvenirs production,
shoe making, DSTV installation, POP ceiling / Cement art work as well
as fashion designing and cellphone repairing.
Osamusanmi expressed appreciation to the Management of ACE under the
leadership of Prof. Olukoya Ogen, for giving approval for the exercise
to hold in the institution.
She equally thanked corporate bodies which included Mobile
Telecommunication giant, Airtel as well as an indigenous company,
Trend and the Ondo State branch of the Chartered Institute of Project
Management (CIPM) for supporting the programme.
Delivering a paper entitled: ‘’ How to create, manage and increase
multiple means of income and ‘’How to start my own business’’ at the
closing ceremony of the programme, the Ondo State Coordinator of CIPM,
Mr. Omon Ogude represented by Mrs. Akinwumiju Dunni, an Architect,
lauded the initiative of Osamusanmi and expressed optimism that the
programme would go a long way in adding values to the lives of the
participants.
Omon equally stated that knowledge acquired at the training would be
of immense benefit to the participants and the society at large.
While harping on the need for youth to embrace entrepreneurship
training as means to becoming self-reliant, the Ondo State Coordinator
of CIPM said the decision would help in making them job providers and
boost economic fortunes of the country.
He, therefore, appealed to the government at all levels in the country
to give more attention to the provision of employment opportunities
through the establishment of skills acquisition centres, where he said
job seekers could be trained on ways to acquire necessary skills that
would enable them to make valuable contributions to national
development.
The programme held at the Grace Obongawan Ekong Lecture theatre
featured activities which include empowerment of participants by
Airtel with recharge cards, exhibition of finished products made
during the five-day training exercise and presentation of
certificates by the representative of Mr. Omon Ogude, Mrs Akinwumi
Dunni to participants who distinguished themselves during the training
programme.
