The Commissioner representing Ughelli North,Ethiope East and Urhobos in Patani in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief POC Ovbije has said that the newly renovated Skill Acquisition Centre in Afiesere will soon be put to use. The Commissioner made the statement while speaking with newsmen recently.
He noted that the skill
acquisition centre was built from the fifty per cent of the thirteen per cent derivation fund from oil revenue accruing to Delta State in 2008 and later handed over to
DESOPADEC after the creation of the Board.
He emphasized that the
skills acquisition center has been abandoned since it was built, but as part of
DESOPADEC intervention programmes and in line with the Governor Okowa’s SMART
agenda, the Commission decided to renovate and put the Centre to use. Chief Ovbije was happy to announce that the
fourteen workshops in the Centre are fully equipped.
He commended Afiesere
community, the host community for been able to secure the skill acquisition
center with all the equipment intact. He said, “I salute their courage and I urge them
to maintain this record”.
The commissioner assured Deltans that in few weeks, the Governor will be here
to commission this place and training of our youths will kick off.
Chief Ovbije urged Deltans to imbibe the culture of self-employment in order to
diversify the State economy as a result of the dwindling oil price. He emphasized
that for any country’s economy to be stable, it must be founded on small &
medium scale enterprise and agriculture.
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