Politics Governor Okowa Flags Off 2016 Delta Empowerment Scheme

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Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has flagged off the 2016 cycle of his administration’s job creation scheme.

The kick off was done at Songhai-Delta Training Centre, Amukpe, Sapele, in the company of top government officials from the state.

The wealth creation programmes are tagged Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) and Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP).

Governor Okowa who spoke at the flag off said that entrepreneurship is the way out of the unemployment challenges facing the country, encouraging the new intakes to passionately devote themselves to learning.

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The scheme which admitted about 1,000 people is geared towards solving the incessant unemployment challenges facing the state and the country at large.

The Chairman of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, the Obi of Owa, Emmanuel Efeizomor II, who spoke on behalf of traditional rulers who attended the ceremony, expressed satisfaction with the success stories of the empowerment programmes encouraging the incoming trainees to take their training seriously.
 
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