Garg Stresses Need To Train More Nigerians On Skills
Mr. Maneesh Garg , group managing director of NAGODE Industries has stressed the need for more Nigerians to be trained on skills as it will help ease the high rate of unemployment in the country. Speaking at the induction and grants awards ceremony of 21 young adults organised by NAGODE in collaboration with Fields of Skills & Dreams Vocational & Entrepreneurship Technical Institute Lagos, Mr. Garg said when people were trained on skills, they will be able to earn a living and contribute meaningfully to their families.
He however advised that young men and women should acquire skills in the area of shoe making; fashion designing ; catering and a host of others. On the collaboration, he said it was part of the industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility which according to him include supporting Small and Medium Scale (SMS) industries ; assisting children living with cancer as well as training young adults on skills.
Founder of Fields of Skills & Dreams Vocational & Entrepreneurship Technical Institute Lagos, Mrs. Omowale Ogunrinde, who spoke at the event said for change to take place in the society there was need to invest on people by teaching them professional skills that will make them economically independent.
Mrs. Ogunrinde therefore appealed to other corporate organisations in the country to partner with them so that the lives of unemployed young men and women roaming on the streets will be transformed through skill acquisition.
“Corporate social responsibility should be measurable, we do not need only foreigners to collaborate with us in the training, Nigerians who have the capability should help . It is just few young women that will want to walk on the streets as prostitutes . If they had a choice, they will not sell themselves because of money. I am not giving credence to prostitution.
“But, we need to think hard and deep, some people are working where they receive N I5.000 monthly, and l begin to wonder what they can do with such little amount of money, but when they are trained on skills, they can become employer of others or a highly valued skilled employee,” she added.