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Digital skills: Bauchi govt, UNICEF targets 13,000 girls
Digital skills: Bauchi govt, UNICEF targets 13,000 girls
By: Our Reporter
The Bauchi State Government in collabiration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) inaugurated the Girls Employability and Skills Partnership (GESP) programme to empower youth and eradicate poverty.
Dr Tusshar Rane, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Bauchi, stated this at a one-day State Level Consultation meeting of the programme in Bauchi.
He said that UNICEF with funding of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in the United Kingdom and the Standard Chartered Bank would support the improvement of employability and skills development of adolescents in Nigeria from ages 10 to 24.
Rane said the GESP programme which would run from 2013 to 2030, was being implemented in four pilot states across the country.
According to him, the programme will utilise the Nigerian Learning Passport (NLP), to facilitate skills development and transition from school to work in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education and the State Governments.
The programme, he said, targeted formal and informal sectors to empower youth and women, to enable them to learn trades and become self-reliant.
“The initiative is expected to positively impact the country’s future job growth enabling programme between 2021 and 2030”.
Also, Mukhtar Ibrahim, who spoke in a presentation, said the programme targetted 13,000 adolescents in Bauchi State.
He said the programme was designed to improve digital skills and encourage entrepreneurship development of the youth to eradicate poverty and enhance wealth creation in the society.
“It is In line with the Federal Government’s economic agenda.
“It engaged multilateral agencies and the private sector in creating special opportunities for young Nigerians,” he said.
Earlier, the UNICEF Education Specialist, Mr S Abdulrahman said the meeting was designed to sensitise the participants on the GESP initiative.
He said that the participants would also develop a framework as well as tracking and monitoring strategy to facilitate successful implementation of the programme in the state.
About 50 participants drawn from State Ministry of Education, education authorities, Civil Society Organisations, development organisations and the media attended the meeting.
Digital skills: Bauchi govt, UNICEF targets 13,000 girls
Police arrest man for killing mother-in-law in Kogi over false theft alarm
By: Zagazola Makama
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a man, Yayu Musa, for allegedly killing his 50-year-old mother-in-law, Atayi Abdul, in Olla Community of Omala Local Government Area.
Zagazola Makama gathered that the incident occurred on Friday, July 25, at about 8:00 p.m., when the suspect lured the deceased to her farm under the pretense that thieves were stealing palm fruits from it.
Upon arrival at the farm, Musa reportedly attacked and slaughtered the woman with a knife.
Police detectives were immediately mobilised to the scene where photographs of the crime scene were taken. The suspect was arrested and is currently in custody.
According to police sources, the family of the deceased refused evacuation of the corpse to the hospital for autopsy, opting for immediate burial in accordance with religious and cultural practices.
The command has deployed joint security patrol teams to the community to prevent a possible breakdown of law and order due to rising tension.
Investigation into the motive behind the killing is ongoing.
Police arrest man for killing mother-in-law in Kogi over false theft alarm
One killed, three injured in communal clash over farmland in Niger State
By: Zagazola Makama
One person has been confirmed dead and three others injured following a violent communal clash between Gpakpo and Gidigi communities in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State.
Zagazola gathered that the incident occurred at about 1:00 p.m. on Friday when residents of Gpakpo village, armed with Dane guns, launched an attack on Gidigi villagers at a rice depot.
Security sources confirmed that one Babayi Alhaji Soma was shot and killed during the attack.
Three others Hassan Ndaji, Zakaria Ya’musa, and Mutiu Mohammed, all male residents of Gidigi village sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the General Hospital in Katcha for treatment.
Security sources immediately visited the scene, evacuated the victims, and restored calm in the area.
Security forces have been deployed to the affected communities to prevent further violence and maintain law and order.
Authorities say the situation is now under control.
One killed, three injured in communal clash over farmland in Niger State
Armed men kill herder, rustle cattle in Kaduna attack
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected cattle rustlers have killed a herder and stolen an unspecified number of cattle during an attack on a Ruga settlement in Joga Village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday when armed men wielding sophisticated weapons stormed the settlement belonging to the late Alhaji Tambaya.
The sources said that security forces were deployed to the scene to contain the situation.
One Sani Muhammed Tambaya, 30, was found with deep machete cuts to the neck and shoulder. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
Security forces said efforts were ongoing to track down the perpetrators and recover the stolen cattle.
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