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World Youth Skill Day: Derayo Vocation Trains 216

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To commemorate the 2019 World Youth Skill Day, the skill acquisition programme advocacy, Derayo Vocational Limited in collaboration with DSIgate  organized a free vocational training for the youths in Oyo State.

The free skill acquisition training which held at Race Course Amphitheatre, Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, featured training on six different vocations, textile design, shoe making, bead making, photography, accessory making and Aso Ofi embellishment.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  Derayo Animasahun, disclosed that the training was put together in line with the United Nation’s July 15 World Youth Skill Day to celebrate skill acquisition all over the world.

She stated the programme is giving Nigeria and Nigerians a different direction in making the skill a first choice option, “this is where Nigeria is going, we are breaking the circle to let the people know that skill is the best, apart from certificate you need to have skill to compliment what you have.

“July 15 every year is World Youth Skill Day, which we are going to do every year to celebrate skill acquisition, to celebrate shoe makers out there, to let them know that what they are doing is different and they can make whole lot of money from it. And for Nigerians to know that it is not only white collar job, they need to have skill to compliment whatever they do.”

While speaking about the participants,  Animasahun, a fashion recycler said that about 216 people participating in this year’s maiden edition of the event, hoping that the subsequent ones will attract more people even beyond the soil of Oyo State.

The youthful entrepreneur itemized vocations such as shoe making, bead making, accessory making, textile design, photography and Aso Ofi embellishment as areas where the participants received training.

As part of effort to motivate the participants,  Derayo Animasahun expressed that the company has earmarked slots of scholarship for 22 outstanding participants who distinguished themselves in their chosen vocation. She list 10 slots for bead making, five for fashion designing, five for vocation skill and two for textile designing.

 Animasahun called on governments, corporate organizations and individuals to support to give necessary support and priority to skill acquisition in the country, disclosed that about 10,000 public school secondary students in Oyo State will benefit from the Derayo Vocational Limited’s free vocational training slated for October this year.

She opined that it is the part of the Social Responsibility of the company to prepare the students for the future to have basic knowledge and background of vocational skill along with their studies.

“We train people on shoe making, bag making, textile design, fashion business, we are trying to enlighten people, in October this year we are training 10,000 public secondary school students for free vocational training. We are calling on government at all levels, corporate bodies and individuals to give necessary support to develop skill acquisition.”  

 

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‘she is a liar!’ Abuja Restaurant Fires Hilda Baci After Meet n Greet Scandal

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Vibes By Ann Restaurant, Abuja has called popular chef, Hilda Baci  a liar while threatening to sue her for contract breach.

 

The restaurant claimed to have paid the sum of 3 million naira to the Guiness Book of Record holder for a ‘Meet and Greet’ event and alleged she cancelled on them for no reason.

 

According to reports, the restaurant has advertised the event and placed a 25,000 naira per plate price on meals to be sold at the venue when Hilda dissociated herself from the event in her posts on social media.

 

The restaurant showing the receipt of a 3million naira payment made to Hilda for the event slated for June 24th, 2023 released a statement that the event has been cancelled and threatened to drag the chef before the courts.

 

Further investigations by this newspaper revealed that the restaurant did not put the prices of the food that would be served in the agreement and the noise it created must have made Hilda, who was just officially confirmed as the new record holder of the longest cook-a-thon denied knowledge of the event.

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Zainab Marwa Drags Nigeria’s Heavyweights To Book Launch

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Billionaire businessmen, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola top the list of private sector leaders who are expected to join state governors, ministers and other eminent personalities at the public presentation of a book: 101 Nigerian Women of Impact, authored by a member of the Presidential Transition Committee, Barrister Zainab Marwa, who is the daughter of former Lagos Military Administrator and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd).
The book presentation scheduled for Tuesday 16th May 2023 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, will be chaired by Borno state governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum while the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ọjájá II, and Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar will attend as royal fathers of the day.
According to the author, Barr. Zainab Marwa, the book “documents the achievements of Nigerian women who have excelled in their diversified career paths so as to serve as an inspiration to more women to keep the pursuit of their aspirations alive.”
The global unveiling of the book was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York, USA on March 8, 2023 in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Special guests who spoke at the US event include: Ambassador George Edokpa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN; Erelu Bisi Fayemi, former Chairperson of Nigerian Governors Wives Forum; Ambassador Lot Egopija, Consul General of Nigeria in New York; Mrs. Chioma Hope Uzodimma, wife of Imo State governor and Fatima Kakuri, Special Adviser to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, among others.
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina will present the book review while well celebrated compère, Ebere Young will host the event as master of ceremony. Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen and the Director General, National Centre for Women Development, Dr. Asabe Vilita Bashir are expected to lead other top government functionaries to the occasion.
Also expected at the event are wives of state governors, top female politicians and members of the diplomatic corps and heads of foreign missions in Nigeria including United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale and UNODC Country Representative, Mr. Oliver Stolpe.
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May Day Drama; Electricity Worker Falls Off Ladder During March Past With Governor Makinde

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There was a mild drama on May 1st, 2023 in Ibadan when an electricity worker fell off a ladder during a marching parade.

 

While demonstrating how electric workers operate during their march before the Governor, an official of the National Union Employee of Electricity worker fell off the ladder creating panic at the event.

 

The scene occurred as part of the union members’ salutation and demonstration when they got to the front of Governor Seyi Makinde who cheered the various unions marching past.

In an eye witness report to papermacheonline ‘While saluting the governor, some of the union members mounted and held a ladder at the base for one of them to climb.

 

Upon arriving the top of the ladder, the union member showed how electricity workers cut wire.

Things however almost went awry when the climber, while descending the ladder, had to jump down when he saw that the ladder was losing its balance on the ground.

There was however confusion as regards whether the electricity workers suffered any injury from jumping off the ladder

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