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21 Kwara youths secure job placements
An initiative, Oba Graduate Trainee Programme (OGTP), has trained and given job placements to 21 graduates in reputable organisations.
The trainees were presented both certificates and placement letters in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Wednesday.
The founder of the initiative, Mr. Umar Oba Adelodun, said the graduate trainees went through intensive training before being qualified to be recommended to established companies for placement.
Adelodun noted that the idea of the programme was to create an incubation for youth where we train them after which we send them to organisations to learn how they structured.
He further stressed that “It is in two parts. First is the training and the curriculum cuts across project management, soft and hard skills. The second part is a six-month long paid internship and we are happy enough to have believe of various organisations like Julius Berger, BUA Group, Dele Group, KAM Holdings and hosts of other companies have taken this graduate training from us.”
Adelodun added that, “The graduates were issued training certificate and letter of placement to different organisations, that was the maiden edition and we hope to continue every year.”
The initiative chairman noted that only 21 graduates were streamlined from 421 applicants, hoping to accommodate over 100 in the next edition to be sent to different organisations. Calling the trainees ambassadors of the initiative, Adelodun charged them to act like one by upholding good work etiquette.
The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi, lauded the conveyner for his insight and innovation to engaging youths, congratulating and appealing to trainees to imbibing taking work serious as a lifestyle.
In his remarks, the Speaker of the Kwara State Assembly, noted that talents are very critical for development of any society, while appreciating the convener for the noble programme.
Other dignitaries present were; Hon. Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Mrs. Damilola Yusuf-Adelodun, Hon. Commissioner for Water Resources.
One of the partners, Mr. Damilola Shittu, the Group Executive Director of HMA Medicals, described the initiative as a necessary nexus to connect the education acquired from institutions with field of work.
“One of the reasons we go to school is to learn how to connect with the world, be it people or workspace. But the problem we’ve had in Nigeria is that there is no nexus between what we study in school and the outside world. We learn so much theories without learning how to connect it with work environment. This is always a problem, and thankfully OGTP has come to solve that”, Mr. Shittu noted.
Commenting also, Aisha Indinmi-Dangote, a board member of OGTP, congratulated the graduate trainees, describing them as first set.
She further noted that, “I’m particularly glad that all our graduate trainings have gotten placements at reputable organisations. In this era where many Nigerians who have graduated for years does not have such opportunity of directly having access of getting jobs from school to placement.”
She expressed satisfation about the outcome of the programme, while congratulating the interns who spent 6 months in the course of their training.
Alabi Yusuf, one of the interns expressed profound appreciation for being part of the training programme, noted how “the programme has really shaped my thinking and exposed me to lots of things which prior to this time I didn’t know. I’m now fully equipped to move the next stage in my life. I’ve been able to have good networking, even with the deputy governor of Kwara State. It’s amazing!”
Also, another graduate trainee, Azizat Olajumoke Aroyehun appreciated organiser of the programme saying, “I have gained a lot from Oba Graduate Trainee Programme. I’ve learned how to build my economy, be effective in an organisation and build my career goals.”
The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty .
Fagbemi’s warning is contained in a statement in Abuja.
“This is a matter of very grave concern, it is now beyond doubt that the EFCC is given power by the law to invite any person of interest to interact with them in the course of their investigations into any matter, regardless of status.
“Therefore, the least that we can all do when invited, is not to put any obstruction in the way of EFCC, but to honourably answer their invitation.
“A situation where public officials who are themselves subject of protection by law enforcement agents will set up a stratagem of obstruction to the civil and commendable efforts of the EFCC to perform its duty is to say the least, insufferably disquieting’’.
He added that running away from the law will not resolve issues at stake but only exacerbate them.
“Nigeria has a vibrant judicial system that is capable of protecting everyone who follows the rule of law in seeking protection.
“I therefore encourage anyone who has been invited by the EFCC or any other agency to immediately toe the path of decency and civility by honouring such invitation instead of embarking on a temporising self-help and escapism.
“This can only put our country in bad light before the rest of the world’’.
He said institutions of state should be allowed to function effectively and efficiently.
“I stand for the rule of law and will promptly call EFCC, and indeed any other agency to order when there is an indication of any transgressions of the fundamental rights of any Nigerian by any of the agencies’’.
NAN reports that the EFCC had on Wednesday warned members of the public that it was a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties.
Section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes it an offence to prevent officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Culprits risk a jail term of not less than five years.
The warning , the EFCC said, became necessary against the background of the increasing tendency by persons and groups under investigation by the Commission to take the laws into their hands by recruiting thugs to obstruct lawful operations of the EFCC.
On several occasions, the anti graft agency said, operatives of the Commission have had to exercise utmost restraint in the face of such provocation to avoid a breakdown of law and order.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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