Ben Ezechime, Enugu
Governor Peter Mbah has flagged-off the 1st batch of the Enugu State Sustainable Economic Empowerment Program (E-SEEP) with 200 Beneficiaries participating.
Mbah said to achieve a zero headcount in the state, the government would ensure that the skillset of the citizens was at the level where they are competitive and they can add value to the global market.
The governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, expressed the hope that at the end of four years of his administration, zero poverty would be achieved.
“What is going on here is not a free training. This is you becoming employers of labour.
“Don’t look at this like you are going to get some training and cater for yourself and your Family.
“This is the begining of a greater thing that you are going to contribute to the economic growth of Enugu State.
“For you to do that, you have to be economically viable. You are going to be trained on financial management and the things that can help you manage your resources and be able to invest in the things that are productive,” Mbah said.
He commended the participants for enrolling in the training while expressing the hope that in the next two years, the state government will track them as the state’s first “Alumni group.”
He said: “I’m hoping that when we gather, this will be our Alumni group, the first one. When we gather you people in two years and track where you have grown in your economic base.
“So, when His Excellency is saying that he moved people out of poverty, we will have an empirical evidence to be able to show that. So, when I see you here in two years, you are coming with a lot of employment opportunities.
“You will come with the people you have hired. This is the begining of a long journey but a journey that will end in productivity.”
