President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has continued to record positive impacts in the lives of his constituents as he has again offered to bankroll the training of 700 youths in Kwara State on solar power installation and maintenance. The beneficiaries would be trained under the ABS MACO Solar Training Programme as part of the measures towards making the youths self-reliant and also reduce unemployment.
Saraki who spoke through the Director-General, ABS Mandate Constituency Office, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi disclosed this while addressing the youths that are currently undergoing the training programme at the ABS Mandate Constituency Office in Ilorin. The beneficiaries would also according to him be provided with tools and kits after the completion of the training stating that his major priority as a leader is to build the capacity of the youths across the state in order to ensure that they are positioned for future challenges. Saraki who expressed worry over the rate of unemployment prevalent among the youths in the society said efforts would be geared towards creating job opportunities for them while noting that his office had facilitated employment opportunities for many Kwarans in the bid to curb restiveness.
The senate president, who recognized the youths as critical stakeholder in the society urged them to be focused and shun all vices that can jeopardize their future. Also speaking, the Director, Project and Empowerment at ABS constituency office, Mr Olayinka Ibrahim Otukoko said the office has facilitated the installation of 4000 solar power in Kwara Central Senatorial District, adding that the training is meant to build the capacity of the youths in the area of renewable energy. ‘The meeting we have just concluded here is a meeting between the beneficiaries of empowerment and youth capacity building programme that is centred around solar energy system as a renewable energy system that has high value in the market now. One of the Senior Legislative Aides of the Senate President in collaboration with the Constituency Office of the Senate President organized a training programme for the unemployed youths in the Kwara Central Senatorial District and across Kwara State where they would be trained on solar power installation and maintenance programme. Over 700 of them are being trained and the Senate President is ready to provide tool box or equipment with which the trainees would be handling certain maintenance activities and even the installation of solar power system”, Otukoko said.
