SMEDAN begins training of 1,015 youth in entrepreneurship skills development

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, has commenced the training of 1015 youths under the entrepreneurship and vocational components of the National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI).

According to a statement from the Corporate Affairs Unit of the Agency, the first batch of the training which kicked off today will have 145 youths each drawn from the northwest zone comprising of Sokoto, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kaduna and Zamfara states.

It added that they will be trained in Personal and Business Vision, Business Plan, Identification of Business Opportunities, Selling and Marketing Strategies, Accessing Business Finance, Customer Care and Legal Regulatory Issues.

The statement further highlighted that the vocational training to be impacted on the youths is Fashion Design and Tailoring, Leather Works, Photography, Hair Dressing, Block/Brick making, GSM Repairs, Makeup and Tilling.

The Director of Enterprises Development and Promotion of SMEDAN, Monday Ewans, stated that the programme was one of the agency’s capital projects aimed at imbibing the spirit of entrepreneurship and empowering the youths of the country.

He said the Agency was determined and committed to training Nigerian youths for them to be self-reliant adding that, the vocational skills and empowerment was an added advantage as SMEDAN will do all In its power to train and empower Nigerian youths.

He commended the Director-General of SMEDAN, Dr Dikko Umaru Radda for throwing his weight behind this initiative, which has gone a long way in impacting positively on Nigerian youths.