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The Rotary Club of District 9127 has hosted youths from 16 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in its annual Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) programme. The self-development programme, themed “Passion, Action and Reaction”, aims to equip youths aged 15-30 with skills acquisition and entrepreneurship training.
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The District Governor, Dr Joy Nky Okoro, stated that the training is designed to reduce dependence on white-collar jobs, which are hard to come by. “They’ll be taught skills that include shoemaking, bags, and even disposable sanitary wares, photography, and several others,” she said. “When leaving the camp, the best of them will be empowered so that after leaving the camp, instead of going to look for white-collar jobs or sitting and waiting for it, which we know is not available, they can start off with the skilful things they have learnt from this place.
The programme involves training the youths on skills acquisition, after which seed grants will be given to each outstanding participant. “Each that has done very well will be given seed money,” Okoro added.
The training consultant and Rotarian, Dr Baba Abdul Bala, emphasised the importance of skills and emotional intelligence in achieving success. “A lot of the youths today are missing it, and my message was from the neuro-linguistic level, and that is the logical level of change,” he said. “The first level is the environment, even though it’s not sufficient to change everything for you, except behaviour is changed.”
Bala stressed that skills are essential to keeping a job and making oneself relevant in the market space. “The place of certificates is a Nigerian thing because that’s the only thing that opens the door for you. It is the key but cannot keep you inside the room but skills,” he said. “Skills work for me. No one asked me for my certificate before my presentation, and it has always been the case. The content of my presentation will be what you will take from my class, and I don’t lecture like lecturers but transform minds.
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