Enugu govt flags-off economic empowerment programme

The Enugu State government, yesterday, flagged off the first batch of the Enugu State Sustainable Economic Empowerment Programme (E-SEEP) with over 200 participants.

The duration of the first batch of the programme is between six weeks and two months, depending on the vocational skills of the participants.

Declaring the programme open, the governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, charged the participants to take the opportunity seriously to become employers of labour in the next two years

He said that the state government was making huge efforts to unlock the inner potential of the people, assuring that his administration would continue to initiate policies and programmes aimed at improving the living standards of the people.

Earlier, the focal person and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Onyinye Akubuilo-Okpalanma, said that E-SEEP is a robust programme designed to train each participant on one vocational skill, entrepreneurial skill, financial literacy skill and digital marketing skill.

She said the participants, majority of who were selected from the state unemployment register domiciled with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, would also benefit from six months post-training business mentoring by experts in their chosen vocational fields.