The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is to train over Twenty One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty Two (21,782) unemployed Nigerian youths, out of which Twelve Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty Two (12,462) would be resettled to commence individual businesses in the next four months.
This is in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
According to the Director-General of the NDE, His Excellency, Silas Agara, the Directorate has concluded plans to engage an unskilled and unemployed number of persons across Nigeria in its Second Phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI).
The first phase exercise, which was concluded in March 2024, had 93,731 jobless Nigerians trained in diverse skill sets with significant numbers resettled with soft loans as starter packs to initiate self-employment
Under the present initiative, the Directorate, according to the Director-General, will provide Vocational, Agricultural, Digital, and Entrepreneurial Skills Training with activities in the public sectors using over 30 Skill Sets.
At the end of training, a significant number of the participants would be provided with start-up capital, equipment, and tools as soft loans to commence small and medium businesses. Enrollment into the Employment Program, which is strictly online, is to commence on 28th July and end on 11th August 2025.
In a Release signed by the Ondo State Coordinator of the NDE, Mr. Adekitan Israel, the training exercise for selected participants will commence in September 2025. Adekitan urges interested persons to log on to the NDE website at www.nde.gov.ng or directly to www.nderegistrationportal.ng to register with a valid National Identification Number (NIN) and a recent Passport Photograph, adding that selection would be done on a first-come, first-served basis.
