Ekiti set to commencemonthly empowermentof 8,850 jobless youths
Ekiti set to commence monthly empowerment of 8,850 jobless youths aBy Emmanuel Ani on November 4, 2016
A total of 8,850 youths in Ekiti state will
receive monthly stipends and other forms
of empowerment from the state
government, DAILY POST is reprting.
A total of another batch of 10,000
residents, mostly teachers are also to
benefit from the free-eye test and free
eye glasses programme set to take off in
a couple of weeks.
The state governor, Ayo Fayose on Friday
made the disclosure at a meeting he held
with all Principals as well as head
teachers of secondary and primary
school in the state.
According to him, the ages of the
benefiting youths shall be between 17-20
years, while 50 of them will be randomly
selected from each of the 177 wards in
the state without political consideration.
He explained that his decision to
introduce the said empowerment for that
category of youths was to alleviate the
burden of sponsorship placed by the
current economic recession on their
parents, most of whom he said are
teachers.
The governor declared that more support
programs such as provision of conducive
environment in schools, employment of
more teachers, provision of needed
instructional materials as well as training
and retraining were in the offing.
He asked the teachers to further join him
in promoting education in the state by
developing a change of attitude.
He warned that negative attitudes such
as lateness to school, absenteeism, poor
school environment as well as
complacency among others must stop.
He announced that beginning from
January next year, his government would
commence full implementation of all
environmental laws in every part of the
state, and that, whoever is caught
constituting dirt menace would be
severely dealt with.
A total of 8,850 youths in Ekiti state will
receive monthly stipends and other forms
of empowerment from the state
government, DAILY POST is reprting.
A total of another batch of 10,000
residents, mostly teachers are also to
benefit from the free-eye test and free
eye glasses programme set to take off in
a couple of weeks.
The state governor, Ayo Fayose on Friday
made the disclosure at a meeting he held
with all Principals as well as head
teachers of secondary and primary
school in the state.
According to him, the ages of the
benefiting youths shall be between 17-20
years, while 50 of them will be randomly
selected from each of the 177 wards in
the state without political consideration.
He explained that his decision to
introduce the said empowerment for that
category of youths was to alleviate the
burden of sponsorship placed by the
current economic recession on their
parents, most of whom he said are
teachers.
The governor declared that more support
programs such as provision of conducive
environment in schools, employment of
more teachers, provision of needed
instructional materials as well as training
and retraining were in the offing.
He asked the teachers to further join him
in promoting education in the state by
developing a change of attitude.
He warned that negative attitudes such
as lateness to school, absenteeism, poor
school environment as well as
complacency among others must stop.
He announced that beginning from
January next year, his government would
commence full implementation of all
environmental laws in every part of the
state, and that, whoever is caught
constituting dirt menace would be
severely dealt with.
