ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS TO BE TRAINED ON DIGITAL MARKETING.

ABOUT THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS TO BE TRAINED ON DIGITAL MARKETING.

The Federal Government in partnership with Akwa Ibom State is set to train unemployed youths of the state on Digital Marketing. In a meeting with the transition chairmen of the thirty-one (31) Local Government areas today at ALGON office, Ewet Housing Estate Uyo, the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr. Nse Udo Essien said the one-day intensive programme is aimed at providing unemployed youths of the state the opportunity to learn the basics of Digital Marketing and Skills Development.

This, he said, will be followed by further training online with individual candidate with the vendor Google Nigeria and Mind-The-Gap – the training facilitators. The Commissioner added that participants will also be trained on professional skills to prepare them for their ideal digital jobs to enable them start their own enterprise as Digital Marketing experts.

 Dr. Nse Essien who stated that the training is in partnership with Google Nigeria, through its vendors, Mind the Gap, on a Public Private Partnership basis (PPP) will train Three Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-Seven unemployed youths of the state. The commissioner is therefore calling on unemployed youths from the state who must be between the ages of 18-35 with minimum qualification of OND, NCE, HND, BSc, B.Ed. or owners of small medium Enterprises (SME) to pick up forms from their local Government areas of origin from Friday 24 th Feb, 2017 at the Local Government Headquarters. According to Dr. Nse Essien, the training will hold at two different centres each at the three Senatorial Districts of the state.

 The Hon. Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Monday Ebong Uko appealed to the transition chairmen to support the state Government in its effort at bridging the Digital Skills Gap in Akwa Ibom State. Mr Uko lauded Governor Udom Emmanuel’s effort at empowering unemployed youths of the state noting that in the nearest future most of our youths would be employers of labour. Responding on behalf of the transition chairmen, the chairman Abak Local Government Area, Dr. Emmanuel Udosen pledged their support to the state Governor to enable him succeed in the task of industrializing the state.

The Federal Government in Partnership with Akwa Ibom State is set to train Three Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-Seven unemployed youths of the State on Digital Marketing. Interested persons who must be between the ages of 18 – 35 with a minimum of OND, NCE, HND, B.Sc., B.Ed., or owners of small and medium enterprises are by this notice requested to pick the application form from their Local Government Areas of Origin from Friday 24 th February, 2017 at the Council Headquarters.

Signed:

 Dr. Nse Udo Essien Hon. Commissioner

 Ministry of Science and Technology