From Maurice Okafor,Enugu.
As part of his campaign promises to uplift the standard of living of his constituents, more especially empowering the youths with necessary skills to fit into the global employment market, 301 Youths from Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal constituency, is currently under going various digital training,courtesy of Hon Chijioke Stanislaus Okereke, representing them at the House of Representatives.
The acknowledgement of the training programme under ‘CSO Tech programme’ manifested as one of the achievements of the Enugu federal lawmaker within his first month in office, during a virtual town hall meeting with his constituents held on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
Hon Okereke said his organisation CSO Tech hit the ground running immediately after the 2023 general elections with only 50 trainees but one month after in office, the number of trainees has increased to 301.
According to him, out of the 301 trainees,138 are active interns while 160 are undergoing orientation.
The various academies under which the 301 youths are being mentored include Cisco Academy and Ingressive for Good, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Yappi Animation Academy, Terra Learning etc.
The Aninri/Awgu/Oji River federal law maker, Hon. Okereke, promised to support the best of them with digital devices after the training to continue their development and subsequently a business of their own.
He stated, “In one month, we have been able to bring together more than 200 tech interns as promised in my manifesto, five months earlier than the planned six months take-off.
“We look forward to supporting the best CSO interns with digital devices to enhance their development such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones”
“Further orientation/internship is lined up to prepare the Youths for Tech opportunities across the world”, Hon Okereke assured.
Checks revealed six of the interns who are already certified as Tech graduates were employed by CSO Tech Programme to mentor other aspiring constituents on digital skill development.
