Delta State office of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) last week Wednesday flagged off a training programme on Knowledge, Attitude, Skill, and Habit (KASH), required for running a successful business for 50 participants under Post-Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme ( POST-SADTS) of the Rural Employment Promotion (REP) Department of the Directorate.
In his opening remarks, the Director General of the NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, said declared that KASH Model is the first of it’s kind in the Rural Employment Promotion department of NDE. He added that the training is aimed at exposing the participants to the nitty gritty of Agribusiness in other for them to know the obstacles that affects sales of Agricultural products, wealth creation, generating employment opportunities and improving the standard of living.
According to a press statement made available to journalists by NDE Delta State Principal Information Officer, Mallam Fikpo noted that the global economic depression of the 1980’s and subsequent rise in the rate of unemployment in the country necessitated the establishment of the NDE, with the mandate to create employment opportunities especially in the informal sector for teeming number of unemployed Nigerians, thereby reducing poverty and promoting stability.
The statement said that the DG went on to stress that the Agricultural profession requires K.A.S.H to ensure consistent success which in a simple term he said; it is the K.A.S.H that determines the inflow to cash to people.
Addressing the 50 beneficiaries of Agribusiness scheme, the NDE DG encouraged the lucky beneficiaries to reciprocate the DG’s intention by paying attention to their trainers and taking the training seriously.
In her part, the Delta State Coordinator of the NDE, Mr Jinanwa Chukwuma, explained that the KASH Model plays a vital role in boosting Agricultural productivity and sales of Agricultural products in the country. He went ahead and stated that the training is designed to enhance the trainees with knowledge in modern Agricultural policies which will enabe the trainees to ensure food production, stimulate the rural economy, improve faming method amongst others. He appreciated the Director General of the NDE and the NDE management for approving the training to be held in the state.
