To reduce unemployment in Nigeria, the Lagos government has partnered with the lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency II at the state House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, to train youths in digital skills.
GOY Constituency office, Yishawu, representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 on Friday disclosed that the training would provide jobs for the youth and make them employers of labour.
The lawmaker promised that half of the youths that will participate in the training will get job placements.
According to him, “we have sustained all the programmes we have been doing from the inception of my administration. Though, this training is free, you need some level of commitment. I won’t call it intellectual capacity, but you need to learn”
Yishawu, Chairman of the House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning, said that he had done programmes to infuse knowledge and uplift the livelihood of the residents of Eti-Osa 2.
“We have done programmes to infuse knowledge and uplift the livelihood of our constituents. Apart from my duty in the Lagos State House of Assembly, we have a representation which requires us to ensure that our constituents feel the dividends of democracy.
“We also decided to upscale representation by empowering our youths with digital training. It is tough because we want to start it a year ago, but we are starting now because we wanted to partner the Lagos State Government.
Speaking with newsmen, Mrs.Teju Abisoye, Executive Secretary, of Lagos State Trust Fund (LSETF) described Yishawu as a man that is passionate about youths.
“He’s thinking about the youths and how they will get employment. He is not only teaching them how to fish, but he is teaching them how to fish in foreign currency. The opportunity is there and it is up to the young people to make sure that they take advantage of it.
Abisoye therefore, appealed to the beneficiaries to make use of the opportunity provided by the lawmaker.
“People have stayed for years and even borrowed money to do this training, so I hope the beneficiaries will make use of this opportunity,” she said.
