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2010
ANNUAL REPORT
NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF
EMPLOYMENT
Vision JOBS FOR ALL
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Mission Statement To design and implement job creation
programmes that will promote attitudinal change,
employment generation, poverty reduction
and wealth creation
Minister’s Pix
DG’s Pix
TABLE OF CONTENTS
i. Vision
ii. Mission statement
iii. Table of contents
iv. List of Tables and Figures
v. Preface
vi. NDE Board Members
vii. Members of NDE Executive Management
viii. NDE Senior Management
ix. NDE State Co-ordinators
SECTION ONE
1.1 Brief on the National Directorate of Employment
1.2 NDE organizational structure
SECTION TWO
2.0 Training in Vocational and Technical Skills Acquisition
2.1 National Open Apprenticeship Scheme
2.2 School –On-Wheels Scheme
2.3 Resettlement Loan Scheme
2.4 Community Based Skills Acquisition Training Scheme
2.5 National Employment Training Scheme
SECTION THREE
3.0 Entrepreneurship Development
3.1 Business Training
3.2 Activities and Achievement
3.3 Women Employment Branch
3.4 Enterprises created
SECTION FOUR
4.0 Training for Rural Employment and Development
4.1 Rural Agricultural Development &Training Scheme
4.2 Rural Handicraft Training Scheme
4.3 Integrated Farming Training Scheme
4.4 Activities & Achievements
4.4.1 Special Training on Crop Production, Processing & Marketing for RADTS
graduates
4.4.3 Assessment of ASTCs & IFTS
SECTION FIVE
5.0 Training in Public and Labour Based Works
5.1 Environmental Beautification Training Scheme
5.2 Graduate Attachment Programme
5.3 Community Development Scheme
5.4 Renewable Energy Training Scheme
SECTION SIX
6.0 Special jobs creation programme
6.1 FGN/NDE Stimulus Package
6.1.1 Special skills training
6.1.2 Resettlement of Rural Agricultural Development &Training Scheme
6.1.3 Employment generation and wealth creation for women and vulnerable
groups in domestic trades
6.2 Millennium Development Goals Project
SECTION SEVEN
7.0 Service Departments
7.1 Inspectorate Department
7.2 Planning, Research & Statistics
7.3 Finance & Supply
7.4 Human Resources Management
SECTION EIGHT
8.0 Branches & Units
8.1 Information & Public Relation
8.2 International Collaboration Branch
8.3 Internal Audit
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE TITLE PAGE
Table 1: Summary of Beneficiaries in 2010
Table 2: Distribution of NOAS Beneficiaries
Table 3: Distribution of SOW Beneficiaries
Table 4: Distribution of Resettlement Loans Scheme Beneficiaries
Table 5: Distribution of CBSATS Beneficiaries
Table 6: Distribution of Trainers’ Capacity Upgrade in 2010
Table 7: Distribution of SSE Beneficiaries
Table 8: Women Employment Programme Beneficiaries
Table 9: Beneficiaries of Enterprise Creation Fund
Table 10: Beneficiaries of CBN Venture Prize Award
Table 11: Distribution of RADTS Beneficiaries
Table 12: Distribution of SPW Beneficiaries
Table 13: Distribution of Beneficiaries of FGN/NDE Economic
Stimulus 2010
Table 14: Distribution of Registered and Placed participants
In NDE Programmes
Table 15: Total Amount on Loans Recovered in 2010
Table 16: Staff Gender Disposition
Table 17: Distribution of Promoted Staff by Grade Level
Table 18: List of Available Trades for Skills Acquisition
Table 19: Location of NDE Offices Nationwide
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE TITLE PAGE
Fig. 1: Summary of Beneficiaries in all NDE Programmes in 2010
Fig. 2: Organograme of NDE
Fig.3: NOAS Trainees Still in Training
Fig. 4: NOAS Recruitment in 2010
Fig. 5: School-On-Wheels Beneficiaries 2010
Fig. 6: CBSATS Beneficiaries, 2010
Fig. 7: SSE Beneficiaries, 2010
Fig. 8: Enterprise Creation under SSE Schemes
Fig. 9: RADTS Beneficiaries in 2010
Fig. 10: Beneficiaries of SPW Schemes in 2010
Fig. 11: Beneficiaries of FGN/NDE Economic Stimulus 2010
Fig. 12: Distribution of Registered and Placed Participants into NDE
Programmes
Fig. 13: Sex Distribution of Registered participants in 2010
Fig. 14: Age Distribution of Registered participants in 2010
Fig. 15: Distribution of Registered participants according to Educational
Qualification
Fig. 16: Loans Recovery in 2010
Fig. 17: Staff Disposition in 2010
Fig. 18: Distribution of Staff Promoted in 2010 by Grade levels
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PREFACE
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) was established in 1986 and
statutorily mandated by an Act of parliament CAP 250 of the Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria 1999, section 2 (c). The Act among others charged the
NDE to design and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment.
In its pursuit of its mandate, the NDE in the year 2010 was more dogged in
recording sustainable achievements. A major achievement of the Directorate in
2010 is the establishment, renovation and equipping of Skills Centres which are
at various stages of completion and functionality.
Realising the network and collaborate with relevant other stakeholders, the
NDE collaborated with other MDAs, NGOs, CBOs and private companies tp
combat unemployment. These include the National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Bureau of statistics (NBS),
ILO, NBTE among other stakeholders.
This Annual Report therefore highlights NDE’s major activities and
achievements recorded in 2010 in the 36 States and FCT thus:
A total of 224,559 unemployed persons benefitted from various schemes of the
Directorate. This is about 13.8% increase in the number that benefited over the
previous year - 2009.
Summary of the data is as follows:
Training in Skills Acquisition:
o National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) 51,009
o Schools-On-Wheel Scheme (SOW) 4,320
o Community Based Skills/MDG Centers 1,543
o National Employment Training Scheme (NETS) 89
o Rural Handicraft Dev Training Scheme (RADTS) 4,410
o Renewable Energy Training Schemes 546
o Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS) 1,225
63,822
Training in Entrepreneurship
o NDE/NYSC/EDP 138,226
o Business Training for Graduates (SYOB) 1,159
o Basic Business Training for Artisans (BBT) 1,825
o Business Training for Women & the Vulnerable 6,529
o CBN/NDE/EDP 1,558
149,297
Enterprises Created
o NDE/NACRDB Collaboration 179
o Enterprise Creation Fund (SYOB) 275
o Enterprise Creation Fund (BBT) 460
o Resettlement Loan Scheme (RLS) 1,204
o Women & Vulnerable Persons 1,858
o FGN/NDE Special Stimulus Package 4,579
o Trainers’ Capacity Upgrade 20
o CBN/NDE Collaboration 78
8,653
Transient Jobs/Labour Based Jobs
o Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP) 2,973
o Community Development Scheme (CDS) 494
3,467
Total 224,559
The contributions and tremendous support of the Board of the NDE chaired by
the Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu in attaining these record is worthy of mention. Also the supportive, committed
and dedication exhibited by the entire Management and staff is highly
appreciated.
The achievements of the Directorate for the period under review are captured
in the following national summaries presented in tabular form and chart (Table
1 and Chart Fig.1).
This report is hereby recommended to serve as a veritable source of data for
researchers, students and other stakeholders in area of employment
generation in Nigeria. It is therefore hoped that it will provide the ambience for
specialized data on employment promotion and generation in Nigeria.
Mallam Abubakar Mohammed Director General National Directorate of Employment
NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT Table 1 - SUMMARY OF NDE BENEFICIARIES : JAN - DEC 2010
S/N STATE
VSD SSE
ENTERPS.
CREATED
REP SPW Total
G.Total Skills Acquisition
Schemes TCU
NYSC/EDP SYOB BBT
OTHERS
WEB RADTS GAP CDS EBTS RETS
M F
M F M F M F M F F M F M F M F M F M F
1 Abia 931 331 0 5,605 2,205 52 36 82 435 0 250 282 83 37 56 34 0 0 62 38 0 0 7,153 3,366 10,519
2 FCT 550 626 0 1,754 1,246 0 0 0 0 0 46 170 37 28 38 37 0 0 24 1 0 0 2,573 1,984 4,557
3 Adamawa 1247 627 0 885 535 0 0 25 5 0 60 210 95 24 41 18 0 0 20 6 46 4 2,569 1,279 3,848
4 A/Ibom 1155 707 0 2,736 2,068 0 0 33 67 0 50 177 74 46 54 46 0 0 18 6 0 0 4,247 2,990 7,237
5 Anambra 1353 1004 0 561 736 0 0 0 100 0 100 241 95 75 25 25 0 0 23 2 0 0 2,298 2,042 4,340
6 Bauchi 846 232 0 1,726 604 0 0 0 0 0 150 203 83 37 43 16 0 0 18 7 40 10 2,959 1,056 4,015
7 Bayelsa 1449 440 0 1,908 709 29 18 25 75 0 250 267 70 50 27 23 196 4 16 9 0 0 3,987 1,578 5,565
8 Benue 762 206 0 2,718 1,532 0 0 0 50 50 50 170 64 46 44 25 0 0 13 12 25 5 3,846 1,926 5,772
9 Borno 1374 534 0 944 628 168 32 0 0 150 250 296 67 53 65 36 0 0 25 0 0 0 3,089 1,533 4,622
10 C/River 575 384 0 1,714 1,288 0 0 0 0 210 247 194 100 20 28 22 0 0 16 9 0 0 2,837 1,970 4,807
11 Delta 1609 433 0 3,337 2,709 0 0 6 44 50 60 230 101 19 61 49 0 0 66 34 0 0 5,460 3,348 8,808
12 Ebonyi 981 437 0 2,510 3,105 9 2 0 0 0 50 174 78 42 65 36 0 0 17 8 0 0 3,834 3,680 7,514
13 Edo 722 334 0 1,117 777 0 0 0 0 99 50 177 76 44 93 37 0 0 21 3 44 6 2,349 1,251 3,600
14 Ekiti 635 647 0 1,790 1,160 0 0 0 0 300 250 225 100 20 42 23 23 2 19 6 46 4 3,180 2,112 5,292
15 Enugu 685 833 0 2,496 2,334 0 0 17 13 200 275 185 64 56 26 36 0 0 36 52 72 15 3,781 3,614 7,395
16 Gombe 820 300 0 2,300 1,750 7 5 0 0 0 100 189 106 14 43 16 0 0 23 2 0 0 3,488 2,187 5,675
17 Imo 1025 714 0 2,220 1,441 8 3 0 0 104 160 190 61 59 44 56 0 0 21 4 0 0 3,673 2,437 6,110
18 Jigawa 1433 235 9 810 216 0 0 0 0 50 50 209 120 0 62 9 0 0 25 0 0 0 2,718 510 3,228
19 Kaduna 1450 452 0 1,182 1,100 14 2 0 38 30 172 197 99 21 128 49 0 0 23 2 0 0 3,123 1,836 4,959
20 Kano 860 206 0 3,444 2,191 47 3 0 0 368 238 250 114 2 130 67 0 0 50 0 0 0 5,263 2,707 7,970
21 Katsina 920 219 0 2,093 1,010 41 9 30 0 81 51 249 115 5 56 6 73 0 25 0 80 0 3,763 1,300 5,063
22 Kebbi 709 144 0 2,300 1,240 0 0 0 50 0 50 238 119 1 59 4 0 0 25 0 0 0 3,450 1,489 4,939
S/N STATE
VSD SSE ENTERP
S. CREATE
D
REP SPW Total
G.Total Skills Acquisition
Schemes TCU NYSC/EDP SYOB BBT OTHERS WEB RADTS GAP CDS EBTS RETS M F
23 Kogi 770 433 0 1,728 1,783 6 7 49 61 0 98 177 55 65 32 18 0 0 23 2 0 0 2,840 2,467 5,307
24 Kwara 517 282 0 2,630 986 4 7 0 50 0 50 188 77 43 45 5 87 20 17 8 45 5 3,610 1,456 5,066
25 Lagos 814 694 1 6,076 7,400 38 12 0 0 100 200 314 78 42 41 24 0 0 65 25 0 0 7,526 8,397 15,923
26 Nasarawa 1278 370 0 4,515 2,200 272 28 23 72 172 358 272 86 34 89 11 0 0 16 9 0 0 6,723 3,082 9,805
27 Niger 816 1108 0 1,285 320 0 0 0 50 0 50 211 62 58 32 25 0 0 18 7 0 0 2,424 1,618 4,042
28 Ogun 544 241 0 735 720 0 0 20 87 158 58 177 68 52 44 54 0 0 20 3 0 0 1,766 1,215 2,981
29 Ondo 1458 571 3 2,635 1,973 65 46 23 15 0 50 190 58 62 47 29 0 0 11 14 0 0 4,487 2,760 7,247
30 Osun 1546 819 0 2,318 2,204 0 0 11 89 45 50 226 76 44 25 25 0 0 11 14 0 0 4,258 3,245 7,503
31 Oyo 2792 1235 0 4,400 4,322 0 0 0 0 11 50 197 63 57 112 68 50 12 17 8 39 10 7,681 5,762 13,443
32 Plateau 538 604 0 753 201 93 37 0 50 10 30 217 76 44 28 22 0 0 13 12 0 0 1,728 1,000 2,728
33 Rivers 1210 885 0 545 581 31 16 19 11 0 70 187 89 31 30 20 23 0 14 11 0 0 2,148 1,625 3,773
34 Sokoto 1438 452 3 615 421 12 0 0 0 0 50 201 120 0 66 8 4 0 25 0 47 3 2,531 934 3,465
35 Taraba 576 765 0 1,911 1,311 0 0 0 100 0 50 151 83 37 41 9 0 0 16 9 0 0 2,778 2,281 5,059
36 Yobe 1439 447 0 1,471 953 0 0 0 0 50 68 251 85 25 42 16 0 0 25 0 0 0 3,363 1,509 4,872
37 Zamfara 768 100 4 3,000 1,500 0 0 0 0 50 50 188 120 0 62 3 0 0 25 0 0 0 4,217 1,653 5,870
CBN/NDE 0 0 0 1,558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,636 0 1,636
Total 38,595 19,051 20 82,325 57,459 896 263 363 1,462 2,288 4,241 7,948 3,117 1,293 1,966 1,007 456 38 902 323 484 62 139,3
56 85,199 224,555
Sum 57,646 16 139,784 1,159 1,825 2,288 4,241 7,948 4,410 2,973 494 1,225 546 224,555 224,559
RETS - Renewable Energy Training Schemes (SETS, WETS, HETS)
SPECIAL PKG = FG/NDE 2010 Stimulus Package
Fig 1: Summary of all Beneficiaries of NDE Schemes in 2010
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NDE BOARD MEMEBERS
1. Chief Chukwuemeka N. Wogu Hon. Minister of Labour and Productivity - Chairman
2. Mallam Mohammed Abubakar Director-General (NDE) - Member
3. Hon. Prince U. S. A. Igwesi (Representing Political Interest) - Member
4. Dr. Christy Silas (Representing Political Interest) - Member
5. Alhaji Yunusa Yahaya (Representing. Political Interest) - Member
6. Mrs. Toyin Oluwagbayi - Member (Representing Political Interest)
7. Dr. Saleh. M. Toro (Representing Political Interest) - Member
8. Mr. A. S. Agbaoye (Representing NUC) - Member
9. Alh. Isa A. Sulaimanu (Representing NBTE) - Member
10. Mr. O. A. Oshinowo (Representing NECA) - Member
11. Mrs. R. A. Falana (Representing FMW&H) - Member
12. Comrade Lateef Oyelekan (Representing NLC) - Member
13. Mrs. C. N. Onianwa
(Rep. Min. of Commerce & Ind.) - Member
14. Mr. Olatunji O. Ojuol
(Rep. Min. of Agric. & Rural Development) - Member
Insert Pix of Members of NDE Executive Management (14 Pix arranged
as agreed in order of seniority.)
NDE SENIOR MANAGEMENT AS AT DECEMBER, 2010
1. Mallam Abubakar Mohammed - Director-General
2. Mallam A. G. Abubakar - Zonal Director, South South
3. Alhaji Ismaila Umar - Zonal Director, South West
4. Barr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okogbue - Zonal Director, North Central
5. Arc. J. Omotayo - Zonal Director, North West
6. Mr. Olakunle Obayan - Zonal Director, South East
7. Dr. S. N. Mfam - Director, PR&S
8. Alh. A. A. Ibrahim - Director, Human Resource
9. Ms. M. O. Isichei - Zonal Director, North East
10. Engr. N. D Udoh - Director, Special Public Works
11. Mrs. Victoria Awosemo - Director, Voc Skills Dev.
12. Mallam Babayo Bello - Director, Small Scale Enterprises
13. Mr. Jibrin A. Aye - Director, Inspectorate
14. Mal Umar Ibrahim Kadira - Director, Rural Employment Promotion
15. Mr Monday P Daylop - Deputy Director (DG Office)
16. Alh Garba Kirfi - Deputy Director (ICB)
17. Mr. Emmanuel J. Isichei - Deputy Director, (RC)
18. Mr. O. O. Martins - Deputy Director, State – Coordination
19. Mr. M. N. Ejiofo - Deputy Director, (JC)
20. Mr. Don Umoru - Deputy Director (SSE)
21. Mrs A F Fatima Kuliya Umar - Deputy Director (WEB)
22. Mr Yahaya Alhaji Umaru - Deputy Director (SPW)
23. Mr Joseph Ekpenyong - Deputy Director (Inspectorate)
24. Mr. Mathew J. Ibrahim - Deputy Director, Special Projects
25. Dr. J. O. Samuel - Deputy Director, (REP) 26. Mr. Joseph Modey - Deputy Director (North West) 27. Mr. Paul S. Omachi - Deputy Director (SPW)
28. Mrs. Augusta o. Ojo - Deputy Director (IPR)
29. Mr Leviticus Daniel - Deputy Director (SPW)
30. Mr. Chikwerem U. Obi - Deputy Director (JC)
31. Mrs. Henrietta I. Achigbu - Deputy Director (Board)
32. Mrs. Roseline S. Olaomi - Deputy Director (VSD)
33. Mr. John T. Omiwale - Deputy Director (SSE)
34. Mr. Usman Z. Haruna - Deputy Director (HR)
35. Mr. Aliyu A. Lasisi - Deputy Director (F&S)
36. Mr. Suaris A. Adegbite - Deputy Director (SPW)
37. Mr. Patrick O. Chukwubike - Deputy t Director (PR&S)
38. Dr. Bajeli Zakari - Deputy t Director (REP)
39. Mr. Cyril Ani Offing - Deputy Director (REP)
40. Mr Dennis Unegbu - Deputy Director (North East)
41. Mr Solomon Oyenekan - Deputy Director (JC)
42. Mr Sola Andrew Daramola - Deputy Director (Inspectorate)
43. Mr. Theodora E. Adogu - Assistant Director (SSE)
44. Mr. Adekugbe S. Adesiyakan - Assistant Director (ICB)
45. Mr. Bassey E. Esoh - Assistant Director (JC)
46. Mr. Romiluyi O. Newton - Assistant Director (RC)
47. Mr. Benjamin O. Onuoha - Deputy Director (REP)
48. Alhaji Sani Saleh - Assistant Director (SPW)
49. Mr. Genesis N. Enechi - Assistant Director (ICT)
50. Mr. Promise B. Ekah - Assistant Director (PR&S)
51. Mr. Adbullahi T. Paiko - Assistant Director (F&S)
52. Mr Mohammed Lula - Assistant Director (South East)
53. Mr. Ismaila A Yar’adua - Assistant Director (SPW)
54. Mr Christian Awa Jideofor - Assistant Director (F&S)
55. Mr. Charles Wobo Ihunwo - Assistant Director (Inspectorate)
56. Mrs Henrietta Ifeseme - Assistant Director (SSE)
57. Mr Adebisi Peter Adedeji - Assistant Director (RC)
58. Mr Alfred Hoomlong - Assistant Director (REP)
59. Mr Aderemi Adebisi - Assistant Director (HR)
60. Mr Augustine Makadas - Assistant Director (F&S)
61. Mr Evans Youkedebah - Assistant Director (SSE)
62. Mr Gabriel Adeyemo - Assistant Director (SPW)
63. Mr Kayode Martins Folarin - Assistant Director (F&S)
64. Mrs Grace Kila - Assistant Director (Inspectorate)
65. Mr Edmund Onwuliri - Assistant Director (IPR)
66. Mr S. B. Egberipor - Assistant Director (North West)
67. Alh Ismail F Sulaimon - Assistant Director (North East)
NDE STATES CO-ORDINATORS
1 Mrs. E. N. Ofordile Abia
2 Engr Adah Shuaibu Abuja – FCT
3 Mrs Patience Osunkwo Akwa-Ibom
4 Mallam Abubakar Fikpo Adamawa
5 Mr. Mbata Mike Anambra
6 Mr. Isa Jibrin Bauchi
7 Mr Sunday Apakasa Bayelsa
8 Mr. Stephen J. Ndaks Benue
9 Mr. Wakil M. Kalanga Borno
10 Mr Duke Edem Otu Cross River
11 Mr. Patrick Isedu Delta
12 Mrs. Ngozi Iheanocho Ebonyi
13 Ms. Ayo Edegbai Edo
14 Mrs. Abimbola Oni Ekiti
15 Ms. Ojei O. D. Enugu
16 Mallam Mairiga Abdulkadir Madubi Gombe
17 Alh Mohammed Sambo Jigawa
18 Mr Isa Abdu Kaduna
19 Mal Yaradua Aliyu Umar Kano
20 Engr. Yakubu Umar Mani Katsina
21 Mr Mohammed Zogrima Kebbi
22 Alh. Garba J. Kirfi Kogi
23 Mr Awosany Adebanjo Kwara
24 Mrs Stella O Odunwa Lagos
25 Engr. Dzer Nicodemus Nassarawa
26 Mr. Abdullahi Mohammed Niger
27 Mr. Adebowale Ologbenla Ogun
28 Mr. Olayinka Joseph Olaitan Ondo
29 Rev. Isaac Rowland Imo
30 Mr. Akilu Mohammed Sokoto
31 Chief Amachree Napoleion Rivers
32 Mr. O. M. Lagoke Osun
33 Dr. M. A. O. Akiniami Oyo
34 Yarnap Joyce Nanne Plateau
35 Mr Gavs Katiya Taraba
36 Mr. Adamu Fika Yobe
37 Alh M T Alhassan Zamfara
SECTION ONE
BRIEF ON NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE)
INTRODUCTION
Unemployment and poverty, especially among school leavers and graduates of
tertiary institutions, has remained one of the fundamental challenges
threatening the economic development of Nigeria. This problem started
assuming crisis proportions during the economic recession of the 1980s and
continued to worsen with the implementation of some economic reform policies
of currency devaluation, deregulation, trade liberalisation, privatization and the
enthronement of market forces, all of which resulted in the lowering of capacity
utilization in industries, the collapse of various businesses, and massive staff
rationalization in both government and private agencies.
The Federal Government’s desire to have a permanent institution to handle the
resultant problems of unemployment and poverty led to the establishment of
the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on 26th March, 1986. The
Directorate’s enabling Act, CAP 250 of the Laws of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 (formerly Decree No. 34 of 1989) gave the NDE her legal backing
as an employment agency statutorily charged with the responsibility to design
and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment.
The NDE is thus mandated:
i. To design and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment;
ii. To articulate policies aimed at developing work programmes with labour
intensive potentials;
iii. To obtain and maintain a Data Bank on employment and vacancies in the
country with a view to acting as a clearing house to link job seekers with
vacancies in collaboration with other government agencies; and
iv. To implement any other policies as may be laid down from time to time by
the Board established under sections of the enabling ACT.
The NDE therefore derives its routine functions from this mandate. The main
goal is to combat mass unemployment through skills acquisition, self-
employment and labour-intensive work schemes.
STRUCTURE
In other to have adequate grassroot impact and coverage in the discharge of its
mandate, the NDE has presence/offices in all the 36 State Capitals of the
Federation and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Also, at the Local
Government Council Areas, there are NDE Desk/Liaison Officers who ensure
adequate coverage and implementation of all its employment generations
schemes. The corporate headquarters of the NDE is located at No. 1, Nouakchott
Street, Zone 1, Wuse, Abuja.
To strengthen programme implementation and projects monitoring, six zonal
offices in the six geo-political zones of North East, North West, North Central,
South East, South West and South South Zones were created within the period.
Each Zonal Office is to be manned by a Director on Grade Level 17 while the 36
States offices are coordinated by a State coordinator on Grade Level 16 – Deputy
Director Level.
Directors have been appointed but not yet deployed to the zones.
TARGET POPULATION
The magnitude of problems caused by unemployment and poverty has
assumed tremendous proportions and it cuts across age, gender, social
status, etc. The workforce of the country constitutes about 51% of the
entire population of over 140 million persons. These people belong to
the following broad categories that make up the target population
which NDE programmes/schemes aim at addressing:
i. School Leavers; ii. Graduates of Tertiary Institutions;
iii. Matured Persons;
iv. People With Special Needs;
v. Women, and
v. Prospective Entrepreneurs, Artisans and Craftsmen.
It is imperative to consider that each of these categories has its own
peculiarities. Therefore, activity packages are proposed accordingly to
suit each category of persons.
STRATEGY
The NDE adopts the following implementation strategies around which schemes
and programmes are developed to combat mass unemployment:
a. Provision of employment counselling;
b. Provision of skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development training;
c. Provision of transient jobs through labour based methods of infractural
development and maintenance, among others;
d. Enterprise creation for its trained beneficiaries.
The programmes of the Directorate are:
1. VOCATIONAL SKILLS ACQUISITION TRAINING
The NDE realizes that one of the major causes of unemployment is that of
skills mismatch. Also the potentials of the informal sector and the traditional
apprenticeship system practices contribution to economic development
cannot be overlooked. In this regard therefore, the Directorate designed and
commenced implementing vocational and technical skills acquisition
schemes. These schemes address the problem of unemployment resulting
from lack of productive and marketable skills among the unemployed. The
target group for these schemes includes but not limited to:
Persons without formal education;
School leavers and school dropouts;
Persons with special needs, and
Fresh graduates of tertiary institutions who desire to require functional
and marketable skills especially in ICT and related modern skills.
The schemes addressing these identified needs objectives are housed
under the Vocational Skills Development Department. There are:
National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) - The NOAS involves
the use of informal sector operators (master crafts men/women) as
training outlets for unskilled unemployed persons. These persons are
recruited and attached with the master crafts men/women for periods
long enough for the apprentices to acquire necessary skills. The period
ranges between three months and twenty-four months and span over
80 trades.
School-On-Wheels Scheme (SOW) - While the NOAS concentrated
more in urban and semi-urban areas, SOW was designed to extend
skills acquisition training programme to the unemployed persons in the
rural areas. This is achieved by deploying well-equipped Mobile
Training Workshops (MTW) to the rural areas where informal training
outlets are deficient or nonexistent. In this way, the Directorate
contributes also in stemming the rural-urban drift in addition to
imparting marketable skills to the rural unemployed. The training
period for SOW, based on specific needs of the rural/community is
usually three months. Trades under which skills were acquired per
training cycle range from three to ten.
Skills Acquisition for the Special Needs (Vulnerable and Disabled):
This is a special skills acquisition scheme likened to the NOAS but
tailored to meet the needs of the identified vulnerable and disabled
persons within the locality.
Waste to Wealth Scheme – The Waste to Wealth scheme is aimed at
utilizing waste materials that hitherto seem waste to make decorative
and household decors.
Resettlement Loan Scheme (RLS) - The ultimate aim of the NDE’s
training programmes is to make the beneficiaries self-employed
through the establishment of their own enterprises. However, these
trainees/beneficiaries are school leavers or fresh graduates who do
not possess the needed security to enable them access funds from
financial institutions. Again, some of their family member may lack
confidence in their ability to establish and successfully manage an
enterprise and therefore may not be coming forth to assist them. The
Resettlement Loan Scheme (RLS) of the NDE was therefore instituted
to address those problems. It involves the provision of equipment and
other materials to some of the trained unemployed persons to enable
them establish and run business enterprises/workshops successfully
under which they acquired the requisite skills.
Trainer’s Capacity Upgrade (TCU) - Towards enhancing the quality of
training at the skills acquisition centres of the master crafts
men/women, the NDE introduced the TCU. This scheme involves the
provision of capital as loan to some of the master trainers to up-grade
their centres with modern tools and equipment for qualitative and
effective training delivery.
2. ENTREPRENEURIAL (BUSINESS) TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE CREATION
(SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES)
Small scale entrepreneurs play significant role in the development of the
economy. They employ a good proportion of the labour force especially
from the informal sector thus depopulating the over saturated labour
market. The NDE recognizes this role and encourages them by organizing
entrepreneurship/business training programme for them. The training
programme is aimed at enhancing their knowledge of basic
entrepreneurial requirements and constraints. This is the platform on
which the Small – Scale Enterprises Development Department of the NDE
execute its enterprise creation strategy.
The Business Training Programme is therefore designed to stimulate
business initiative of the target population and enable them identify
business opportunities. They are also empowered to know how to
combine factors of production to create self – employment and wealth for
themselves and the nation. The target population includes graduates of
tertiary institutions, retired public/private sector workers, school leavers
and artisans. Schemes implemented under this programme are:
Start Your Own Business (SYOB) for graduates of tertiary
institutions,
Basic Business Training (BBT) for school leavers and artisans,
Improve Your Own Business (IYB) for ongoing businesses as a
mentoring/support activity,
Women Employment Branch (WEB). This came to foster gender
sensitivity of NDE Programme among women organizations. In
executing this noble objective the NDE liaises with Women
Organizations and promotes the participation of Women in Income
and Employment Generating Activities such as creative dress
making, fondant cake production, event management and interior
decoration, among others.
Enterprise Creation Scheme – the provision of starter packs – either
in cash or equipment to beneficiaries of the various training
schemes to practice their skills.
International Collaboration Branch collaborates with both local
and international agencies in areas of employment creation and
enhancing the standard of living of the rural populace. Through this
NDE has collaborated with local communities, Local Government
Council and the ILO, to established food processing centers (Facility
Centers) in seven states of the Federation.
3. TRAINING FOR RURAL EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION
With the advent of the oil economy in Nigeria, there has been a systematic
abandonment of the agricultural sector through rural-urban drift in search
of paid employment which today is almost non-existent. In a bid to awaken
the interest of unemployed youths in agriculture and to exploit the
tremendous opportunities for employment and wealth creation in the
agricultural sector and consequently, stem the rural-urban drift of the
youth, the NDE designs special training programmes for youths in
agriculture. The training programme covers modern agricultural practices
in the area of crop production, crop processing and preservation livestock
production and management and other agro-allied ventures. This is
handled under the Rural Agricultural Development Training Scheme
(RADTS) at Agricultural Skills Training Centers (ASTC’s) which are
established in almost all the States of the Federation and Abuja FCT.
Another scheme aimed at enhancing the standard of living of the rural
populace through wealth creation is the Rural Handicraft Training Scheme
(RHTS). The scheme seeks to train rural farmer-participants in various
off-farm income-generating activities in the production and marketing
of handicraft using cheap and easily sourced local raw materials. This
is usually during their off-farm periods.
Graduates of these schemes are further empowered financially to set
up a micro farm/enterprise of their learnt skills.
4. TRAINING for LABOUR-BASED WORKS
The construction and maintenance of urban and rural infrastructure in
Nigeria have hitherto depended on heavy, capital-intensive equipment
and technology. The trend was efficient and sustainable while the
economy was buoyant. Graduate and school leaver unemployment at that
time constituted no threat to the nation. The present poor states of the
economy have had its toll on the acquisition of heavy equipment in
adequate quantities to meet the high demand for infrastructural
development and maintenance in the country. The NDE therefore views
infrastructural construction and maintenance as capable of becoming a
labour sponge. The International Labour Organization subsequently
suggested the use of labour based light equipped supported method of
construction and maintenance of rural infrastructure which was adopted.
This is implemented under the NDE’s Community Development Scheme
(CDS) in collaboration with benefitting communities or agencies.
Also, as a way of providing transient jobs under the Graduate Attachment
Programme (GAP), fresh graduates of tertiary institutions are recruited
and attached to willing corporate organizations for tutelage for a period
of six months. It is expected that the attachee(s) would have gained
needed skills and practical experience that would help address the skills
mismatch identified as one of the causes of graduate unemployment in
the country thereby enhancing their employability and/or potentials for
self employment. This may also lead to permanent absorption of the
attachee by the organization.
It has also been identified that energy is one of the major infrastructural
component needed for urban and rural economic development and
growth. On realization of the potentials of energy for employment, the
NDE adopted Renewable Energy Training Scheme (RETS) – Sun (Solar),
Wind and Water (Hydro) as strategies for employment generation. Under
the scheme unemployed graduates of tertiary institution are trained in the
generation of energy from surplus natural resources.
The Renewable Energy Training Scheme equips unemployed graduates
with skills for solar, wind and/or hydro energy procurement, installation
and maintenance for sustainable self reliance and to improve electricity
power generation for economic development in the country.
5. EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING SERVICES
The Employment counseling services was designed by the NDE to
ameliorate the disillusionment of Nigerian Youths caused by long period
of searching for job and to re-orientate their minds for positive thinking
towards self employment and self-reliance. This service is provided by the
NDE Job Centre. The centre with its presence in all 36 States offices and
Abuja FCT inculcates an attitudinal change on the unemployed to the
present realities in the Nigeria Labour Market.
The Job Centers thus as the gateway to all NDE programmes and schemes
provide Employment Counseling services such as vocational guidance,
value reorientation, and pre- participation induction. The centres register,
orientate and counsel unemployed youths before business start up. Also
the Job Centres collaborates with Mentor office and NBS to generate,
collate, and maintain all relevant data on employment.
The centres also facilitate and promote the realization of self-competence
and latent abilities that can be engaged and thus assist in reducing the
difficulties faced by young unemployed graduates and every other
unemployed person.
6. COLLABORATION WITH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
In other to effectively discharge its mandate, the NDE over the years had
collaborated with both national and international agencies/organizations.
These are in areas of technical support, capacity building assistance as well
as in areas of programme delivery. Some of these agencies that were
outstanding within the year include – National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS), National Planning Commission (NPC), Economic Policy Analysis
Centre (EPAC), Institute for Advanced e-Studies (IAES), NAPEP, ILO, GTZ,
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), NERFUND among others.
The benefits accruing from these collaborative arrangements include
facilitation of programme delivery strategy, strengthening the
Directorate’s internal capacity and development and enhanced financing
of projects.
7. NDE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
At the apex of NDE’s organizational structure is the Management Board
chaired by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity. While the
Board is charged with the responsibility of policy formulation for the
Directorate’s operations, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity
serves as the supervising Ministry of the NDE.
The National Directorate of Employment has four (4) core programmes
departments. Five support service departments assist the programmes
departments in ensuring that the mandate of the Directorate is
adequately achieved. All the nine (9) departments are headed by the
Directors who report to the Director – General. The States offices are
however manned by State Coordinators who are appointed and are
accountable to the Director General. Apart from the progrmme and
support services departments, there are branches and units that perform
functions that facilitate employment programme delivery. The
programme and service departments and the branches/units are which
are replicated in the 36 States offices and FCT are:
PROGRAMME DEPARTMENTS
1. Vocational Skills Development
2. Rural Employment Promotion
3. Small Scale Enterprises
4. Special Public Works
SERVICE DEPARTMENTS
a. Planning, Research and Statistics
b. Human Resources
c. Finance and Supplies
d. Inspectorate
e. Special Projects
BRANCHES/UNITS
i. Collaboration Branch
ii, Job Centre
iii. Information and Public relation
iv. Internal Audit
v. Loans, Properties and Utilities
vi. Resource Centre
SECTION TWO
ORGANOGRAM OF THE NDE
NDE BOARD
DIRECTOR - GENERAL
D(REP)
LOANS & PROPERTIES
D(SSE) D(DPM) D(SPW) D(VSD) D(F&S) D(INSP) D(PR&S)
BOAD SECRETARIAT
LEGAL SERVICES
JOB
CENTRE
INTERNAL AUDIT
ICB
IPR
WEB
STATE COORDINATORS
RESOURCE
CENTRE/LIBRARY
Zonal Offices
2.0 TRAINING FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION (VOCATIONAL SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME)
The major causes of unemployment in Nigeria among school leavers,
graduates of tertiary institutions, and retired persons was identified to be the
dearth of marketable skills and skills mismatch. The NDE in taking cognizance
of this problem and the potentials of informal sector for employment creation
and the traditional skill acquisition apprenticeship system to economic
development designed and implemented vocational and technical skills
acquisition schemes. These schemes address the problem of unemployment
resulting from the identified lack of productive and marketable skills among the
target population.
The target population includes:
Persons without formal education;
School leavers and school dropouts;
Persons with special needs and
Fresh graduates of tertiary institutions who desire to acquire functional
and marketable skills.
The schemes adopted by the NDE to address the dearth of these skills among
the unemployed youths executed under the Vocational Skills Development
programme are the following:
i) National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS);
ii) School-On-Wheels Scheme (SOW);
iii) Skills Acquisition for special needs (Vulnerable and Physically
challenged);
iv) NDE/MDG. DRG Skills Acquisition Centres;
v) Resettlement Loans Scheme (RLS) and
vi) Trainers’ Capacity Up-grading (TCU)
The details of activities performed under each of the schemes during the
period are outlined below:-
2.1 National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS)
The National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) is a scheme through which
unemployed school leavers and other interested persons are recruited and
posted to master craftsmen/women. The unemployed persons are attached to
master craftsmen/women as apprentices to acquire necessary skills in the
chosen trades among the over 90 trades available for training under the
scheme. Training allowances were paid to these master trainers for their
services on a quarterly basis while the trainees were paid stipends to subsidize
their cost of transportation to their respective training centres.
In the period under review, the activities recorded under NOAS are as shown
in Table 2 and stated below:
i) A total of 18,367 trainees were recruited into the scheme. Out of this total,
11,450 (62.34%) of them were males while females accounted for 6,917
(37.66%).
ii) About 29,914 trainees who had not completed their training in the
previous year were spilled over into 2010 to continue training. This
brought the total number of unemployed youths who were in training
under NOAS during the year to 48,281.
iii) A total number of 13,282 trainees graduated from training after acquiring
the necessary skills sufficient to establish their business or to take up
wage employment.
iv) At the end of the year 2010, a total number of 34,051 trainees had not
completed their training and were therefore to continue their training in
2011 as spillover under the 2,444 master trainers across the federation.
v) Skills acquisition training was also conducted for people with special
needs. A total of 1,850 persons were recruited and imparted with
marketable and functional skills in order to reduce unemployment, open
street begging, veiled begging, armed robbery and other social vices.
vi) At the constituency level a total of 900 unemployed youths benefited from
Special Acquisition Training in 12 selected senatorial districts for an
intensive six (6) months period.
vii) In its continued efforts at improving the quality of acquired skills of
graduated trainees of vocational skills acquisition schemes, the NDE
introduced the Advanced Skills Acquisition Training Scheme (ASATS)
where participants are exposed to institutions and corporate
organizations to enable them adapt to emerging challenges in a global
world of technology. As a pilot test, 50 participants commenced training
in computer, carpentry/joinery, fashion design, cosmetology, and
autotronics in FCT
TABLE 2: DISTRIBUTION OF NOAS BENEFICIARIES S/N STATE Spill Over Recruitment
No of Graduated
trainees
No Still in Training
Absconded Trainees
No of
Trainers
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1 Abia 295 55 246 194 287 128 239 119 15 2 50
2 Abuja FCT 50 93 450 300 129 89 363 292 8 12 51
3 Adamawa 904 291 201 213 574 311 512 177 19 16 108
4 Akwa Ibom 737 235 257 299 643 338 269 196 82 0 82
5 Anambra 877 497 260 238 224 141 911 594 2 0 60
6 Bauchi 292 50 470 124 285 76 466 94 11 4 58
7 Bayelsa 1101 268 231 92 0 0 1,292 356 40 4 92
8 Benue 306 14 413 148 167 69 886 93 0 0 54
9 Borno 915 238 182 170 113 77 880 324 104 7 77
10 Cross River 174 69 344 226 189 176 308 114 21 5 65
11 Delta 977 196 547 135 305 199 1,217 132 22 0 77
12 Ebonyi 688 261 220 116 590 263 311 112 7 2 35
13 Edo 360 32 280 240 318 57 312 215 10 0 69
14 Ekiti 203 184 245 254 113 297 318 129 17 12 60
15 Enugu 187 234 76 271 160 197 97 296 6 12 60
16 Gombe 422 3 321 227 371 145 363 81 9 4 62
17 Imo 747 363 214 268 281 221 670 409 10 1 50
18 Jigawa 962 101 374 84 586 79 750 106 0 0 75
19 Kaduna 942 307 292 58 102 183 1,101 180 31 2 50
20 Kano 313 28 430 108 0 0 743 136 0 0 50
21 Katsina 427 78 446 86 312 18 550 135 11 5 48
22 Kebbi 442 20 83 22 192 11 322 31 11 0 60
23 Kogi 334 115 301 206 65 65 218 235 52 21 133
24 Kwara 243 107 190 112 123 31 310 88 0 0 50
25 Lagos 485 106 198 316 263 124 403 298 17 0 67
26 Nasarawa 754 246 430 71 257 65 927 252 0 0 50
27 Niger 490 735 242 311 0 0 732 1,046 0 0 50
28 Ogun 301 58 153 116 86 119 350 40 18 15 53
29 Ondo 749 250 611 211 103 0 1,257 461 0 0 50
30 Osun 1163 512 309 235 658 280 723 462 91 5 178
31 Oyo 1772 674 659 170 218 329 2,208 515 5 0 50
32 Plateau 89 290 335 202 143 103 268 380 13 9 60
33 Rivers 834 387 297 431 106 74 1,001 714 24 30 60
34 Sokoto 1091 275 300 77 165 64 1,211 288 15 0 101
35 Taraba 174 211 218 480 153 165 239 526 0 0 50
36 Yobe 937 270 309 69 208 21 1,015 318 23 0 60
37 Zamfara 324 0 316 37 235 17 345 20 60 0 39
TOTAL 22,061 7,853 11,450 6,917 8,737 4,545 24,087 9,964 767 181 2,444
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The school-On-Wheels Scheme was designed to articulate training activities in
the rural area with a view to creating a pool of artisans that will readily address
the needs of the rural environment and therefore promote economic activities
therein
The scheme involves the deployment of well equipped mobile training work-
shop (MTW) to the rural areas where informal training outlets are deficient or
non-existent.
In the period under review, a total of 4,310 persons benefited from the skills
acquisition training conducted by various NDE formations in collaboration with
corporate institutions, Agencies, LGAs and notable individuals. (Table 3)
To ensure optimum performance with modern training tolls for the SOW, the
prime movers and their respectiv MTWs in the 36 states and FCT offices of the
NDE were adequately maintained and retooled.
TABLE 3: DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL ON WHEELS BENEFICIARIES 2010
S/No. STATE Collaborating
Agency
No. of Trainees
No. of Trades
covered
Duration of Training
Commencement date
Completion date M. F.
1 Abia
Sen. Nkechi Nweju 100 0 5 Oct. 2009 Mar. 2010
Hon. Abota 98 0 7 Dec. 2009 Feb. 2010
Min. of Youth 120 0 7 Dec. 2009 Feb. 2010
2 Abuja FCT Nig. Customs. 0 136 7 Apr. 2010 Aug. 2010
3 Adamawa Jamingo 56 64 6 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
4 Akwa Ibom
Udung Uko LGA 89 98 5 Nov. 2009 Feb. 2010
5 Anambra Aguata 144 196 10 7/12/2009 6/3/2010
6 Bauchi Nil 0 0 0
7 Bayelsa Kolo Comm. 35 15 7 15/11/2010 14/02/2011
8 Benue Nil 0 0 0
9 Borno Shani LGA 197 60 6 Apr. 2010 Jun. 2010
10 Cross River
Nil 0 0 0
11 Delta Shell Petroleum 27 17 6 feb. 2010 Jun. 2010
12 Ebonyi Nil 0 0 0
13 Edo Nil 35 25 5 Jan. 2009 Jan.2010
14 Ekiti Jadeas Trust 72 15 7 Jan. 2010 Mar. 2010 Youth Care Proj. Lagos 41 127 Oct. 2008 Jan. 2010
15 Enugu Board Member 375 278 16 Dec. 2009 Jun. 2010
16 Gombe Lubo Comm. 30 20 5 Jan. 2010 Jun. 2010
17 Imo 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Jigawa Nil 0 0 0
19 Kaduna Jama'a Community Zana 82 18 9 Jan. 2010 Jun. 2010
KRPC 50 10 Feb. 2010 Jun. 2010
20 Kano LG Council 20 20 6 Dec. 2009 Feb. 2010
21 Katsina Nil 0 0 0 nil nil
22 Kebbi Jesa LGA 95 62 5 Sept. 2009 Feb. 2010
23 Kogi Ijumu LGA 59 41 10 Jul. 2010 Oct. 2010
24 Kwara Nil 0 0 0
25 Lagos
Justice Dev & Peace Com 2 88 5 Jun-10 Jul-10
Heartland Aliance for HWN 21 0 2 Jul-10 Aug. 2010
LEKKI FREE WORLDWIDE NIG 37 55 5 Sep-10 Oct. 2010
OJO LG Council 13 37 5 Nov. 2010 Feb. 2011
26 Nasarawa Nil 0 0 0
27 Niger Nil 0 0 0
28 Ogun Chief Seun 43 17 5 Jul. 2010 Sept. 2010
29 Ondo Okitipupa LGA 25 36 5 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
30 Osun Nil 0 0 0
31 Oyo NASFAT 273 332 10 1-May-10 Sept. 2010
32 Plateau Hati Aids 44 39 9 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2010
33 Rivers Nil 0 0 0
34 Sokoto Nil 0 0
35 Taraba Nil 111 7 6 1/1/2010 Mar. 2010
36 Yobe Nil 107 51 7 Dec. 2009 Feb. 2010
37 Zamfara 44 1 5 Jan-10 Jun-10
TOTAL 2445 1865
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2.3 Resettlement Loan Scheme (RLS)
The overall objective of NDE’s training programmes is to equip the unemployed
school leavers and graduates of tertiary institutions with the necessary skills to
enable them become self-employed through the establishment of their own
enterprises or to make them posses the required skills and knowledge to make
them employable.
However, most of the trainees that graduated from NDE programme do not
possess the needed collateral/security that will enable them access funds from
financial institutions. Again, the relations and family friends of these graduated
trainees may not be willing to advance fund to them for fear of their inability to
manage the business successfully.
To address the problem of initial capital outlay required to establish business of
their own, the NDE instituted the Resettlement Loan Scheme (RLS) in 1994.
The scheme was designed by the NDE as a way of encouraging graduates of
Vocational Skills Development Training Schemes to go into self-employment
by setting up and running their own workshops.
Within the period under review, basic tools and equipment in selected trades
were disbursed to a total of 1,284 graduates of Vocational Skills Acquisition
Trainees in the 36 states and FCT. This comprises of 1,232 under regular
resettlement scheme, 81 under resettlement in cluster and 11 under the
stimulus/MDG scheme.
In the same vein, total of 1,850 persons with special needs were resettled after
undergoing a 3 month intensive training in various viable trades, such as bead
making, shoe making, Tie and Dye, etc. Each of these persons obtained a loan
of N20,000 to start practicing his/her learnt skill.
2.4 Community Based Skills Acquisition Training Scheme (CBSATS)
Table 4: DISTRIBUTION OF RLS BENEFICIARIES IN 2010
S/No. STATE NO. of Trades
Number Resettled TOTAL
TOTAL Cluster MDG Normal
M F M F M F M F
1 Abia 11 0 0 27 7 27 7 34
2 Abuja FCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Adamawa 9 0 0 0 0 11 4 11 4 15
4 Akwa Ibom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Anambra 0 0 0 0 0 41 17 41 17 58
6 Bauchi 0 0 0 0 0 49 30 49 30 79
7 Bayelsa 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 20 2 22
8 Benue 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 142 0 142
9 Borno 14 0 0 0 0 54 15 54 15 69
10 Cross River 8 0 0 0 0 17 5 17 5 22
11 Delta 11 0 0 0 24 11 24 11 35
12 Ebonyi 8 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 10
13 Edo 0 0 0 0 13 4 13 4 17
14 Ekiti 0 0 16 13 16 13 29
15 Enugu 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
16 Gombe 0 0 45 33 45 33 78
17 Imo 0 0 42 5 42 5 47
18 Jigawa 11 0 32 0 32 0 32
19 Kaduna 9 0 0 0 22 2 22 2 24
20 Kano 0 0 0 0 0
21 Katsina 0 0 0 0 0 32 18 32 18 50
22 Kebbi 0 0 0 48 31 48 31 79
23 Kogi 0 0 0 0 21 9 21 9 30
24 Kwara 0 29 42 0 29 42 71
25 Lagos 7 0 0 0 34 2 34 2 36
26 Nasarawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 0 38
28 Ogun 0 2 9 0 9 2 18 20
29 Ondo 0 0 0 0
30 Osun 17 0 0 0 0 51 90 51 90 141
31 Oyo 0 0 0 0
32 Plateau 0 0 0 0
33 Rivers 0 0 0 0
34 Sokoto 0 8 2 8 2 16 4 20
35 Taraba 10 0 0 45 1 45 1 46
36 Yobe 0 0 0 31 8 31 8 39
37 Zamfara 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 115 37 44 2 9 874 318 913 371 1284
The Community Based Skills Acquisition Training Scheme is a short-term
intervention scheme aimed at imparting skills on inhabitants/youths of
selected communities.
The training which lasted for 3 months was targeted at unskilled men and
women who may be primary or secondary school leavers, school drop-outs,
etc.
It is worth-mentioning that the scheme was implemented in 31state/FCT. A total
of 1,544 persons were trained and resettled with the sum of N40,000 each to
start business enterprises in which they acquired its skills.
TABLE 5: DISTRIBUTION OF CBSATS BENEFICIARIES, 2010 SN State M F Total
1 Abia 17 33 50
2 Abuja – FCT 3 47 50
3 Adamawa 39 11 50
4 Akwa-Ibom 25 25 50
5 Anambra 25 23 48
6 Bauchi 41 8 49
7 Bayelsa 35 15 50
8 Benue 0 0 0
9 Borno 33 16 49
10 Cross River 10 40 50
11 Delta 11 39 50
12 Ebonyi 26 24 50
13 Edo 0 0 0
14 Ekiti 26 24 50
15 Enugu 0 0 0
16 Gombe 0 0 0
17 Imo 17 33 50
18 Jigawa 50 0 50
19 Kaduna 40 10 50
20 Kano 50 0 50
21 Katsina 0 0 0
22 Kebbi 42 8 50
23 Kogi 28 22 50
24 Kwara 37 13 50
25 Lagos 11 42 53
26 Nasarawa 47 3 50
27 Niger 38 12 50
28 Ogun 0 0 0
29 Ondo 26 24 50
30 Osun 27 23 50
31 Oyo 41 9 50
32 Plateau 23 23 46
33 Rivers 32 18 50
34 Sokoto 0 50 50
35 Taraba 27 22 49
36 Yobe 43 7 50
37 Zamfara 37 12 50
TOTAL 907 637 1544
FIG.6: CBSATS BENEFICIARIES, 2010
2.5 National Employment Training Scheme
National Employment Training Scheme is a programme of the National
Directorate of Employment designed and implemented in partnership with the
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The objective of the programme is to provide unemployed Nigerian graduates
of tertiary institutions with functional skills required by employers of labour in
Nigeria. Participants were trained in the following skills areas:
i) Project management
ii) Telecommunications
iii) Sales and marketing, customer relationship management, etc
The Trainees were placed in participating companies as interns for a three (3)
to six (6) months period. The internship provided on the job work experience
for the trainees. It also gives the organization ample time to evaluate the
performance of the attachees with a view of offering them permanent
employment.
A total of 89 graduates of tertiary institutions participated in the programme and
most of them secured paid employment with the companies they served as
interns.
2.6 TRAINERS CAPACITY UPGRADE (TCU)
Towards strengthening the quality of training delivered by the master trainers
of the skills acquisition schemes, the NDE empowers them with soft loans with
which to acquire more training equipment. The scheme commenced in 2008
and within the reported period, a total of 20 trainers from five remaining states
got soft loans totaling N2,745,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred and Forty-
five Thousand Naira). The states are:
Table 6: Distribution of Trainers Capacity Upgrade in 2010
S/N STATE
BENEFITING
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1 Jigawa 9 0 8 1,170,000 37,500
2 Lagos 1 0 1 75,000 420,550
3 Ondo 3 0 3 450,000 35,000
4 Sokoto 2 1 3 450000 60,000
5 Zamfara 3 1 4 600,000 71,000
TOTAL 18 2 19 2,745,000 624,050
SECTION THREE
3.0 ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (SMALL SCALE
ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME)
The benefits of Small Scale Enterprises to any economy are easily noticeable
and include among others the following:
i. Contributing to the economy in terms of output of goods and services; ii. creating jobs at relatively low cost of capital, especially in the fast growing
service sector; iii. providing a vehicle for reducing income disparities; iv. developing a pool of skilled and semi-skilled workers as a basis for the
future industrial expansion; v. improving forward and backward linkages between economically, socially
and geographically diverse sectors of the economy; vi. providing opportunities for developing and adapting appropriate
technological approaches; vii. Offering an excellent breeding ground for entrepreneurial and managerial
talent, the critical shortage of which is often a great handicap to economic development.
These are usually characterized by dynamism, witty innovations, efficiency, and
their small size allows for faster decision-making process. In Nigeria, the
development of small and medium scale enterprises is important for
employment generation, solid entrepreneurial base and encouragement for the
use of local raw materials and technology.
Small Scale Enterprises department of the NDE employs various strategies in
order to create employment, increase job growth, and induce change,
innovation and competition in the economy. The strategies are all hinged on the
impartation of business/entrepreneurial skills to various unemployed cadres in
the society who are desirous of engaging in self-reliant enterprises.
3.1 ENTREPRENEURIAL/BUSINESS TRAINING
The Business Training Scheme of the NDE is one of the many strategies
designed to stimulate business initiative of graduates of tertiary institutions and
retired public/private sector EMPLOYEES to enable them identify business
opportunities and thereby combine factors of production to create self
employment and wealth for themselves and the nation.
The entrepreneurial/business training was carries out and covered the under
listed areas:
a) NYSC/NDE/EDP (Entrepreneurship Development Programme
Sensitization): This programme is normally organized for Youth Corps
members while undergoing the mandatory orientation at their NYSC camps. It
is meant to sensitize them on the opportunities available outside paid
employment and how they could obtain financial assistance to set up their
businesses after their service years.
b) Start Your Own Business (SYOB): The Start Your Own Business
Scheme is designed to equip graduates of tertiary institutions who had indicated
interest in going into self employment after the NYSC, with the techniques of
business start ups.
c) Basic Business Training (BBT): The Basic Business Training Scheme
is meant to expose school leavers’ artisans to the rudiments of business
organization and operations.
d) Women and Vulnerable Group Business Training: This involved the
training of women and vulnerable persons, in vocational and business skills to
enable them establish specific skill-based enterprises within the shortest
possible time. Trainings are conducted in various trades such as interior
decoration, event management, creative dress making, batik & dye,
confectionery, bead/hat making, soap making and a host of other simple trades
after which they are empowered financially to start practicing their respective
learnt trades.
These business training schemes were designed to inculcate the spirit of
entrepreneurship and stimulate the interest of the unemployed graduates of
tertiary institutions and graduated artisans of various skills acquisitions
schemes in self employment.
3.2 ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
During the year 2010, various activities conducted by the department
throughout the 36 states and the FCT yielded the following results:
i) NYSC/NDE/EDP: Entrepreneurship Development Programme
sensitization was conducted for all tires of NYSC members at their orientation
camps nationwide. The sensitization programme which ran for a period of one
week each time recorded a total of 138,224 corps members benefitting from it.
Out of this number, 80,765 were males while 57,459 were females.
ii) Basic Business Training (BBT): Basic Business Training was
conducted for graduates of NOAS, RADTS and other artisans from private
vocational centres. The training exposed them to the rudiments and various
stages of business start ups. In all a total of 1825 benefitted from the BBT
scheme during the year out of which 363 were males and 1462 females.
iii) Basic Business Training for Women and the Vulnerable Group: A
special Basic Business Training for women and the vulnerable was conducted
in 12 states of Abia, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross Rivers, Ekiti, Enugu, Katsina, Kano,
Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger and Yobe within the year 2010. The trainings carried
out in two cycles had a total of 1200 women in the first batch out of which 120
were assisted with soft loans with which to set up a cottage enterprise to
practice their learnt trade. In the second training cycle, out of 1850 women
trained, a total of 216 were also assisted with cash loans as resettlement.
iv) National Grid Training and Resettlement for Graduates and
Artisans: Special training for graduates of tertiary institutions and their artisan
counterparts was conducted and coordinated by the National Headquarters of
the NDE towards the end of the year under the National Grid programme. From
the pool of graduated trainees who prepared feasibility reports, a minimum of
30 from each group are selected and loans ranging from N250,000.00 to
N500,000.00 advance to them with which to set up their respective enterprises.
The documentation and disbursement commenced in the last quarter of the
year and to be concluded in the next report period – 2011.
A summary of beneficiaries of the SSE department during the year under review
is shown in the Table 5 below.
TABLE 7: DISTRIBUTION OF SSE BENEFICIARIES
S/No. STATE
No. of Beneficiaries
Total
NYSC/EDP SYOB BBT OTHERS
M F M F M F M F
1 Abia 5605 2205 52 36 82 435 0 0 8415
2 Abuja FCT 1754 1246 0 0 0 0 0 0 3000
3 Adamawa 885 535 0 0 25 5 0 0 1450
4 Akwa Ibom 2736 2068 0 0 33 67 0 0 4904
5 Anambra 561 736 0 0 0 100 0 0 1397
6 Bauchi 1726 604 0 0 0 0 0 0 2330
7 Bayelsa 1908 709 29 18 25 75 0 0 2764
8 Benue 2718 1532 0 0 0 50 0 50 4350
9 Borno 944 628 168 32 0 0 0 150 1922
10 Cross River 1714 1288 0 0 0 0 2 208 3212
11 Delta 3337 2709 0 0 6 44 0 50 6146
12 Ebonyi 2510 3105 9 2 0 0 0 0 5626
13 Edo 1117 777 0 0 0 0 0 99 1993
14 Ekiti 1790 1160 0 0 0 0 0 300 3250
15 Enugu 2496 2334 0 0 17 13 35 165 5060
16 Gombe 2,300 1750 7 5 0 0 0 0 4,062
17 Imo 2220 1441 8 3 0 0 0 104 3776
18 Jigawa 810 216 0 0 0 0 0 50 1076
19 Kaduna 1182 1100 14 2 0 38 23 7 2366
20 Kano 3444 2191 47 3 0 0 10 358 6053
21 Katsina 2093 1010 41 9 30 0 0 81 3264
22 Kebbi 2300 1240 0 0 0 50 0 0 3590
23 Kogi 1728 1783 6 7 49 61 0 0 3634
24 Kwara 2630 986 4 7 0 50 0 0 3677
25 Lagos 6076 7400 38 12 0 0 30 70 13626
26 Nasarawa 4,515 2200 272 28 23 72 0 172 7,282
27 Niger 1283 320 0 0 0 50 0 0 1653
28 Ogun 735 720 0 0 20 87 0 158 1720
29 Ondo 2635 1973 65 46 23 15 0 0 4757
30 Osun 2318 2204 0 0 11 89 35 10 4667
31 Oyo 4400 4322 0 0 0 0 7 4 8733
32 Plateau 753 201 93 37 0 50 10 1144
33 Rivers 545 581 31 16 19 11 0 0 1203
34 Sokoto 615 421 12 0 0 0 0 0 1048
35 Taraba 1911 1311 0 0 0 100 0 0 3322
36 Yobe 1471 953 0 0 0 0 0 50 2474
37 Zamfara 3000 1500 0 0 0 0 0 50 4550
TOTAL 80765 57459 896 263 363 1462 142 2146 143496
FIG.7: SSE BENFICIARIES 2010
3.3 WOMEN EMPLOYMENT BRANCH
Training of Women in Income-Generating Activities: This involved the training of selected women in activities which generate income for them. The types of activities undertaken depended on the locality. For the period under review, a total of 4241 women were trained out of which 1759 were resettled with equipments to enable them practice what they were taught. The Table 6 below show the number of women and vulnerable persons trained and resettled within the year 2010 nationwide.
Table 8: Women Employment Programme Beneficiaries
0
50000
100000
150000
NYSC/EDPSYOB
BBTOTHERS
138224
11591825
2288
S/No.
STATE NO.
TRAINED Skills
Cooperatives Resettled Individuals Resettled
NO. Amount Repayment NO. Amount Repayment
1 Abia 250 Assorted 83 18,700,000.00
2 Abuja FCT 46 Assorted 46 1,380,000.00
3 Adamawa 60 Event Manag. 50 1,250,000.00 0.00
4 A/ Ibom 50 Creative Dress 50 1,250,000.00
5 Anambra 100 Event Manag. 50 1,000,000.00
6 Bauchi 150 Int. Décor. 50 1,250,000.00
7 Bayelsa 250 Creative Dress 0 0 0.00 50 1,250,000.00 0.00
8 Benue 50 Confec. 0 0 0.00 50 1,500,000.00
9 Borno 250 Event Manag. 50 1,250,000.00
10 C/ River 247 Assorted 68 3,950,000.00
11 Delta 60 Assorted 3 810,000.00 50 1,250,000.00
12 Ebonyi 50 Hat & Beads 50 1,000,000.00 0.00
13 Edo 50 Dress making 50 1,250,000.00
14 Ekiti 250 Cosmetology 0 0 0.00 36 2,060,000.00 0.00
15 Enugu 275 Assorted 0 0 0.00 50 1,000,000.00 0.00
16 Gombe 100
Bead/Hat Making
0 0.00 0 1,250,000.00 0.00
17 Imo 160 Int. Décor. 56 1,294,924.00
18 Jigawa 50 Assorted 4 1,000,000 77,000.00 0 1,250,000.00 0.00
19 Kaduna 172 Int. Décor. 50 1,250,000.00
20 Kano 238 Assorted 1,000,000 150,000.00 50 1,250,000.00
21 Katsina 51 Int. Décor. 0 0 0.00 51 1,450,000.00
22 Kebbi 50 Confec. 50 1,250,000.00
23 Kogi 98 Catering 1,500,000 50 1,500,000.00
24 Kwara 50 Int. Décor. 0 0 0.00 50 1,250,000.00
25 Lagos 200 Assorted 4 1000000 50 1,000,000.00 100,000.00
26 Nasarawa 358 Soap Mak. 50 1,000,000.00 62,400.00
27 Niger 50 Assorted 50 1,500,000.00
28 Ogun 58 Batik Tie&Dye 0 0.00 50 1,000,000.00 0.00
29 Ondo 50 Batik Tie&Dye 0 0.00 50 1,000,000.00 0.00
30 Osun 50 Batik Tie&Dye 50 1,000,000.00
31 Oyo 50 Tie & Dye 0 0.00 50 1,000,000.00 0.00
32 Plateau 30 Assorted 840,000.00 50 1,500,000.00
33 Rivers 70 Creative Dress 50 1,250,000.00 0.00
34 Sokoto 50 Int. Décor. 0 0 0.00 50 1,250,000.00 0.00
35 Taraba 50 Event Manag. 30 750,000.00
36 Yobe 68 Event Manag. 0 0 0.00 39 992,376.60 992,376.60
37 Zamfara 50 Int. Décor. 50 25,000.00
TOTAL 4,241 8 5,340,003 1,037,000.00 1,759 64,352,300.60 1,154,776.6
3.4 ENTERPRISES CREATED
A major component in the delivery of the programmes under the Small Scale Enterprises Department is enterprise creation. This involves the disbursement of loans to participants of the training programmes whose projects are assessed to be viable. The ECF for graduates was carried out in 12 states with each state having 11 beneficiaries except Sokoto state which had 12 beneficiaries. The other states are Adamawa, Anambra, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers and Zamfara.
In the period under review, loans were disbursed to 8,735 beneficiaries through various loan package and advisory services offered by the NDE management to the graduates of tertiary institutions, school leavers, artisans and women groups to establish their enterprises. Table 9: Distribution of Beneficiaries of Enterprises Creation Fund 2010
S/No. STATE
NO. OF ENTERPRISES CREATED
NDE/NACRDB ECF(SYOB) ECF
(BBT) RLS
WEB SPG* Total M F M F M F M F
1 Abia 27 2 7 0 5 0 27 7 83 124 282
2 Abuja FCT 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 46 107 170
3 Adamawa 6 2 11 1 0 0 11 4 50 125 210
4 A/Ibom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 127 177
5 Anambra 0 0 4 2 0 0 41 17 50 127 241
6 Bauchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 30 50 123 252
7 Bayelsa 0 0 41 9 17 1 20 2 50 127 267
8 Benue 0 0 0 0 2 1 142 0 50 117 312
9 Borno 0 0 0 0 0 50 54 15 50 127 296
10 C/River 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 68 126 216
11 Delta 0 0 0 0 0 60 24 11 50 120 265
12 Ebonyi 0 0 5 6 0 0 10 0 50 113 184
13 Edo 3 2 5 3 0 0 13 4 50 114 194
14 Ekiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 36 121 186
15 Enugu 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 123 186
16 Gombe 7 5 0 0 0 0 45 33 50 127 267
17 Imo 5 2 0 0 0 0 42 5 56 127 237
18 Jigawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 50 127 209
19 Kaduna 0 0 0 0 22 2 22 2 50 123 221
20 Kano 47 12 8 1 3 2 0 0 50 127 250
21 Katsina 0 0 0 0 0 67 32 18 50 132 299
22 Kebbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 31 50 109 238
23 Kogi 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 50 127 207
24 Kwara 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 50 127 188
25 Lagos 0 0 31 36 9 9 34 2 50 127 298
26 Nasarawa 0 0 30 20 0 50 0 0 50 122 272
27 Niger 9 9 0 0 0 18 38 0 50 125 249
28 Ogun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 50 127 186
29 Ondo 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 0 50 127 190
30 Osun 0 0 0 0 0 50 51 90 50 126 367
31 Oyo 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 127 188
32 Plateau 10 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 50 127 217
33 Rivers 0 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 50 126 187
34 Sokoto 0 0 12 0 0 12 8 2 50 127 211
35 Taraba 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 1 30 121 197
36 Yobe 0 0 0 0 0 50 31 8 39 123 251
37 Zamfara 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 50 127 188
TOTAL
129 50 179 96 58 402 880 324 1858 4579 8555
179 275 460 1204 1858 4579 8555
*SPG = FGN/NDE Stimulus Package
FIG.8: NUMBER OF ENTERPRISE CREATED UNDER SSE SCHEMES in 2010
3.5 COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES
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1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
a) NDE/NYSC Cooperative Venture Scheme The scheme was aimed at encouraging serving NYSC members go into self-employment while still on their national service or on completion of their service years. It involves training the corps members after their orientation camps on how to write feasibility reports of projects they intend to undertake. Upon the evaluation, those that were viable were funded from a pool of funds domiciled with the NYSC for the purpose. In the period under review, two batches made up of 370 serving corps members were trained under the scheme. Out of this, seventy-eight (78) were granted loans totaling N23,400,000 to establish their enterprises while still on national service.
b) Collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) In 2007, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) entered into collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment to train and prepare serving NYSC members to enter the Venture Prize Awards Competition the bank instituted in a bid to encourage entrepreneurship among graduates of tertiary institutions. It involves training of participants in entrepreneurship, culminating in the preparation and submission of feasibility reports of projects of their choices for the competition. The adjudged winners are advanced some funds/capital that will enable them establish their enterprises. The fourth and fifth editions of the programme involving 1,188 participants was undertaken during the period under review in four training centres and it is expected that the winners will soon be advanced their prizes that will enable them accomplish their dream. TABLE 10: BENEFICIARIES OF CBN VENTURE PRIZE AWARD
SN TRAINING CENTRES STATES OF PARTICIPANTS NUMBER TRAINED
1. NYSC Orientation Camp, Egbere, Abia State.
Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Rivers.
273
2. NYSC Orientation Camp, Ede, Osun, State.
Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo.
284
3. NYSC Orientation Camp, Kaduna, Kaduna State.
Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara.
282
4. NYSC Orientation Camp, Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, enue, FCT, Gombe, Nasarawa, lateau.
349
T O T A L 1,188
c) Collaboration with National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 7th of April, 2010 in the area of developing micro enterprises. The NDE trains beneficiaries to prepare viable feasibility reports of projects they intend to sponsor and NERFUND provides funding for such projects. For the period under review, a total of 1,150 persons made up of 700 and 450 school leavers and graduates of tertiary institutions wrote and submitted their feasibility reports valued at N400,000,000.00 for evaluation.
Type of Beneficiaries No. of
Beneficiaries Loan Amount
(N) Total (N)
School Leavers 700 250,000.00 175,000,000.00
Graduates of Tertiary Institutions
450
500,000.00
225,000,000.00
Total 1,150 400,000,000.00
Based on this submission, NERFUND approved the loan for and issued offer letters to ninety (90) beneficiaries. However, only seventy-three (73) beneficiaries accepted the offers and signed the relevant agreements. The documents have been submitted to NERFUND and disbursement of funds expected early in 2011. d) Staff Development
With the view of having a strong work force in area of training delivery, all the fifty-eight (58) staff of the SSE Department at the Headquarters and states attended a training-the-trainers Workshop on Advanced Trainers Development held in Kaduna on 25th-26th June, 2010 and in Enugu on 27th-28th June 2010.
SECTION FOUR
4.0 TRAINING FOR RURAL EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
(RURAL EMPLOYEMNT PROMOTION PROGRAMME)
The Rural Employment Promotion (REP) Programme of the NDE was
established with the main objective of generating rural employment and income
through adoption of general modern agricultural practices and improved
technologies in rural post – harvest handling, production and processing
activities. The programme has been strategically re-designed to accommodate
training in agricultural production as well as training in other rural development
activities aimed at stimulating the rural economy and enhancing the living
standard or condition of the rural populace.
The aims and objectives of the Rural Employment Promotion Programme are
actualized through the implementation of three (3) basic schemes, namely;
i) Rural Agricultural Development & Training Scheme (RADTS)
ii) Rural Handicraft Training Scheme (RHTS) and
iii) Integrated Farming and Training Scheme (IFTS)
4.1 RURAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING SCHEME:
The RADTS essentially adopts an integrated farming demonstration and
training approach in capacity building for community empowerment and rural
development.
The training is handled by instructors or resource persons with cognate
experience in agriculture, sourced within and outside the Directorate to impart
modern agricultural skills on the participants.
The establishment of the training centres involves the acquisition of large
portion of farmland in the rural areas for training and demonstration purposes,
the construction of the training centres and procurement of training materials.
The target groups are unemployed school leavers, graduates of tertiary
institutions, etc; that are rigorously trained in all facets of agriculture for a period
of four months.
The training is carried out in two phases as follows:-
i) Tutorial and hands-on practical demonstration
ii) Industrial attachment of the trainees at well established agro-allied
and agro-based outfits to acquire practical experiences.
The topics covered in the training curriculum include four major areas of
agricultural production viz: Arable Crops Production, Livestock Production,
Food Processing, Marketing and Agro-Services.
4.2 RURAL HANDICRAFT TRAINING SCHEME (RHTS):
The RHTS is a training programme in other rural development activities (outside
agricultural production), designed to reduce the idle time of farmers during the
off-farm season. It involved training in viable handicrafts (like basket weaving,
mat weaving, tie and die, bead making, etc) within designated localities,
focusing on the peculiar resources available in such environments. On
completion, the beneficiaries could engage their idle time in such craft making
thus earning more income that will enhance their standard of living.
4.3 INTEGRATED FARMING TRAINING SCHEME (IFTS)
The Integrated Farming Training Scheme is designed to equip graduates of
tertiary institutions with skills on crop production and livestock husbandry.
The scheme combines crop farming, crop processing, irrigation farming and
agro-services for effective employment generation.
The concept of this scheme is derived from mixed farming projects where
livestock and crops are produced concurrently. It is rural based and the main
thrust is the empowerment of interested unemployed graduates of tertiary
institutions through capacity building and provision of credit facilities for poultry
and crop farming ventures.
The establishment of this scheme in any location requires the mobilization of a
number of resources viz:
i) Large hectare of farmland for crop production by beneficiaries;
ii) Construction of poultry pen house;
iii) Crop processing outfit and
iv) Tractor services
4.4 ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENT
During the review period, the Rural Employment Promotion Department did not
introduce any new scheme; rather the regular schemes were modified and
implemented to ensure increase jobs opportunities in Agriculture. This was
achieved through training in various aspects of agriculture and rural off-farm
activities.
4.4.1 RURAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SCHEME:
In the year under review, the department carried out one training cycle of of
Rural Agricultural Development and Training Scheme. The training which
commenced in the first week of May, 2010 took place simultaneously in all the
36 states and FCT. As usual, it was both theory and practical and it recorded
impressive turn out in all the training locations nationwide. It is worth mentioning
that the trainees embraced all aspects of the training and attested to excellent
training content and delivery.
A total of 4,410 persons benefitted from the Directorate’s RADTs in the review
period. Out of this number, 3,117 were males while 1,293 were females. This
shows a significant decrease in the number of participants when compared with
the preceding period. This could be attributed to the facts that only one training
cycle was conducted as against to two in the preceding year.
Anambra State trained the highest number as result of the collaboration that
they had with an external organization while FCT had the lowest number of
beneficiaries. There was low female participation in the scheme. Sokoto,
Jigawa and Zamfara State had no female participants. The participants were
trained on crops and live stocks production. (Table 9)
4.4.2 SPECIAL TRAINING ON CROP PRODUCTION, PROCESSING
AND MARKETING FOR RADTS GRADUATES.
A special training on crop production, processing and marketing was conducted
for fifty (50) selected RADTS graduates in FCT. The graduates were selected
from 2008/2009 batch and the training took place at the Agricultural Skills
Training Centre (ASTC) in Karsana between 14th – 16th May, 2010. The training
which was both theory and practical demonstration was handled by internal
resource persons from the department and focused on cereals, legumes and
root/tuber crops.
TABLE 11: DISTRIBUTION OF RADTS BENEFICIARIES, 2010
S/No. STATE Number of Agric Skills No. of Trainees
To1tal
M F
1 Abia Assorted 83 37 120
2 Abuja FCT Assorted 37 28 65
3 Adamawa Assorted 95 24 119
4 Akwa Ibom Assorted 74 46 120
5 Anambra 95 75 170
6 Bauchi Crop/Animal Production 83 37 120
7 Bayelsa Assorted 70 50 120
8 Benue Crop/Animal Production 64 46 110
9 Borno Assorted 67 53 120
10 Cross River Assorted 100 20 120
11 Delta Assorted 101 19 120
12 Ebonyi Assorted 78 42 120
13 Edo Assorted 76 44 120
14 Ekiti Assorted 100 20 120
15 Enugu Crop/Animal Production 64 56 120
16 Gombe 106 14 120
17 Imo Poultry/Snailery 61 59 120
18 Jigawa Assorted 120 0 120
19 Kaduna Assorted 99 21 120
20 Kano 114 2 116
21 Katsina Assorted 115 5 120
22 Kebbi Assorted 119 1 120
23 Kogi Livestock/Crop Produce. 55 65 120
24 Kwara 77 43 120
25 Lagos 78 42 120
26 Nasarawa Assorted 86 34 120
27 Niger Assorted 62 58 120
28 Ogun 68 52 120
29 Ondo Assorted 58 62 120
30 Osun 76 44 120
31 Oyo Crop/Animal Production 63 57 120
32 Plateau Crop/Animal Production 76 44 120
33 Rivers Assorted 89 31 120
34 Sokoto Assorted 120 0 120
35 Taraba Assorted 83 37 120
36 Yobe 85 25 110
37 Zamfara 120 0 120
TOTAL 3117 1293 4410
FIG.9: RADTS BENEFICIARIES IN 2010
SECTION FIVE
5.0 TRAINING IN PUBLIC AND LABOUR BASED WORKS
NDE under the Special Public Works Department (SPW), is determined to bring
unemployment in the country to the barest minimum through the
implementation of its labour based and skill / experience acquisition schemes.
NDE adopted the International Labour Organization (ILO) systems of labour-
based light equipment supported method for construction and maintenance of
both urban and rural infrastructure in Nigeria which hitherto depended on heavy
capital-intensive equipment and technology.
Also in its fight against the teeming graduate unemployment syndrome in the
country, NDE provides transient job opportunities to graduates of tertiary
institutions to facilitate their absorption into the labour markets under the
Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP).
Identified also as having employment potentials are:
(a) The engagement of the idle youths in providing aesthetics to the urban areas and cities for sustainable living under the Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS). (b) The engagement of the youths in Community Development on transient
employment basis in collaboration with Local Government and communities.
This is realized under the Community Development Scheme (CDS) of the
Special public works Programme.
5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL BEAUTIFICATION TRAINING SCHEME (EBTS)
The EBTS is meant to provide employment through the enhancement of the
aesthetic views and beautification of our cities, towns and even homes. It
involves construction or modification of parks and gardens (hard landscape),
tree planting along major roads/streets, beautification of roundabouts, fighting
desertification (hard landscape), etc. The beneficiaries are also trained in the
art of horticulture, production of landscaping materials etc. They are supported
to establish plant nurseries/orchids and other small businesses.
A total of 1225 unemployed persons benefited from the scheme in 36 States
and FCT in the year 2010.
5.2 GRADUATE ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME (GAP)
As a result of skills mismatch and lack of cognate experience required by both
public and private sector organizations, most fresh graduates of tertiary
institution find it difficult to secure wage employment.
The GAP of the NDE therefore takes care of this skills mismatch/gap by
providing graduates of tertiary institutions necessary practical experience and
skills in companies, industries and government establishments where their
services are needed with regard to their disciplines.
Temporary job opportunities are provided by attaching recruited graduates to
NDE sourced outlets for a period of six months to enable them acquire some
work experience and develop professional skills that would place them at a
vantage position to get good jobs or go into self-employment in their areas of
competences.
It is worthy to note that the programme is becoming very attractive because the
establishments now finding it a resourceful avenue to fish-out best candidates
for specific jobs in their establishments thus offering the attachees permanent
employment at the end of their attachment periods..
In 2010 a total of 2657 unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions in the areas
of Engineering, Building/Environmental and Humanity / Social Sciences
benefited from the programme in 36 States of the Federation including FCT.
Furthermore, an additional 316 unemployed holders of OND/NCE certificates
(non-graduates) also benefited from the programme in the year under review.
Survey conducted show that about 30% of the attachees have been offered
permanent paid employment by their respective places of attachment at the
end of the official six months period.
5.3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (CDS)
The Community Development Scheme is one of the strategies employed by the
NDE to generate mass employment at community levels in collaboration with
benefiting communities. The cost of the project is shared between NDE and the
communities. The labour is drawn from the abundant unemployed persons in
the community for the proposed infrastructural development, maintenance and
rehabilitation activities using the SPW labour based techniques. The choice of
activities and ownership of the projects lie with the communities. This is to
ensure sustainability and maintenance.
The scheme was executed in seven states namely; Bayelsa, Ekiti, Katsina,
Kwara, Oyo, Rivers and Sokoto States where a total of 494 unemployed
persons benefited from the scheme during the year. This comprised skilled,
semiskilled and unskilled labour drawn from the respective localities.
5.4 RE-NEWABLE ENERGY TRAINING SCHEME (RETS)
Energy is one of the essential infrastructural components needed for urban and
rural economic development. Realizing the enormous demand for energy in
Nigeria and the sector’s potential for employment, NDE sought for other means
of energy production and therefore adopted Renewable Energy Training
Scheme (RETS) as one of its strategies for employment generation. Under the
scheme unemployed graduates of tertiary institution are trained in the Solar and
Wind Energy generation from the abundant natural sunshine and wind waves.
Solar Energy Training Scheme (SETS) and Wind Energy Training Scheme
(WETS) equip unemployed graduates with skills for energy harvest, installation
and maintenance for sustainable self-reliance and to improve electricity power
generation for economic development in the country.
The RETS Scheme was implemented in ten (10) states, namely; Adamawa,
Bauchi, Benue, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Katsina, Kwara ,Oyo and Sokoto and a total
of 546 unemployed graduates benefited from RETS in 2010. At the end of the
training, the graduated trainees were empowered with requisite tools and
equipment that will enable them earn a living from their learnt skills.
TABLE 12: DISTRIBUTION OF SPW BENEFICIARIES
S/No. STATE
EBTS GAP CDS RETS
HARD SOFT GRAD. NON
M F M F M F M F M F M F
1 Abia 62 38 0 0 56 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Abuja FCT 24 1 0 0 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Adamawa 15 1 5 5 26 9 15 9 0 0 46 4
4 Akwa Ibom 14 1 4 5 54 46 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Anambra 23 2 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bauchi 11 0 7 7 29 9 14 7 0 0 40 10
7 Bayelsa 10 3 6 6 27 23 0 0 196 4 0 0
8 Benue 12 1 1 11 44 25 0 0 0 0 25 5
9 Borno 25 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cross River 16 9 0 0 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Delta 33 6 33 28 61 49 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ebonyi 4 3 13 5 65 36 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Edo 21 4 0 0 93 37 0 0 0 0 44 6
14 Ekiti 12 0 7 6 42 23 0 0 23 2 46 4
15 Enugu 16 9 20 43 29 36 0 0 0 0 72 15
16 Gombe 13 0 10 2 26 9 17 7 0 0 0 0
17 Imo 21 4 0 0 44 56 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Jigawa 25 0 0 0 14 1 48 8 0 0 0 0
19 Kaduna 23 2 0 0 128 49 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Kano 50 0 0 0 66 64 64 3 0 0 0 0
21 Katsina 15 0 10 0 30 0 26 6 73 0 80 0
22 Kebbi 25 0 0 0 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Kogi 23 2 0 0 32 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Kwara 17 8 0 0 45 5 0 0 87 20 45 5
25 Lagos 40 12 25 13 41 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nasarawa 13 0 3 9 89 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Niger 11 4 7 3 22 15 10 10 0 0 0 0
28 Ogun 8 2 12 1 44 54 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Ondo 11 14 0 0 47 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Osun 0 0 11 14 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Oyo 17 8 0 0 112 68 0 0 50 12 39 10
32 Plateau 9 0 4 12 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Rivers 50 12 4 9 30 20 0 0 23 0 0 0
34 Sokoto 25 0 0 0 66 8 0 0 4 0 47 3
35 Taraba 14 5 2 4 41 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Yobe 15 0 10 0 22 2 20 14 0 0 0 0
37 Zamfara 17 0 8 0 25 2 37 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 700 140 202 183 1715 942 251 65 456 38 484 62
FIG 10: BENEFICIARIES OF SPW SCHEMES IN 2010
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SECTION SIX
6.0 SPECIAL JOBS CREATION PROGRAMMES IN 2010
In the Directorate’s concerted effort to create massive employment for the
unemployed Nigerians, special programmes were initiated and implemented
during the review period. Some of these are highlighted below:
6.1 FGN/NDE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
This programme was designed as an interventionist measure by the Federal
Government of Nigeria aimed at reducing unemployment and invariably
promotes the well-being of Nigerians.
In actualizing the afore-mentioned objective within the specified timeframe, the
NDE designed, adopted and implemented the following schemes:
i) Special Skills Training in ICT and related skills;
ii) Resettlement of Rural Agricultural Development Training Scheme
Graduates in livestock production, and
iii) Employment generation and wealth creation for women and vulnerable
groups in domestic trades.
6.1.1 Special Skills Training:
Skills training have been identified as a veritable tool for combating mass
unemployment. These are also challenged and determined by changing
situations, demands and circumstances overtime in the economy.
Under the scheme, the NDE recruited, trained and resettled unemployed
graduates of tertiary institution on special skills needs like ICT, Social and
Technical Skills.
A total of 1,722 graduates were trained and resettled with basic equipment/tools
necessary to enable them start practicing their learnt skills
6.1.2 Rural Employment Promotion Programme
(Resettlement of Graduates of Rural Agric Training Scheme – RADTS)
The realization f the employment potentials in the agricultural sector especially
in the rural areas the intervention was meant to set up a total of 1,090 live stock
production enterprises by graduated trainees of the NDE RADTS nationwide.
The shortlisted RADTS graduates underwent intensive business training
scheme for one week, conducted by the Small Scale Enterprises Department
of the NDE. On completion of the training, a total of 1077 RADTS graduates
were empowered with credit facilities at 9% user cost of capital to establish
livestock product farms.
6.1.3 Employment Generation and Wealth Creation for Women and
Vulnerable Group
With a view of helping women and vulnerable group realize their potentials for
economic activities and contribute to the economic growth of the nation, the
intervention was aimed at empowering this category of the populace. They were
recruited and placed at designated training outfits in the 36 states and FCT.
The training was handled by seasoned resource persons/Trainers in the
following trades:-
i) Bead making
ii) Knitting
iii) Hat making
iv) Cosmetology
v) Hair dressing and
vi) Weaving
On completion of their training, the graduates were exposed to the knitting-gritty
of how to run a small enterprise successfully via the NDE Basic Business
Training scheme. This was followed by their respective reception of the
resettlement package (financial empowerment).
A total of 1,780 persons were trained and resettled with tools to establish micro
livestock enterprises within their respective localities.
A total of 4,579 unemployed persons benefitted from this special interventionist
programme of the FGN in 2010.
TABLE 13: DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFICIARIES OF FGN/NDE ECONOMIC STIMULUS 2010
S/N STATE SPECIAL SKILLS
WOMEN & VULNERABLE
GROUP
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
TOTAL
1. Abia 45 49 30 124 2 Abuja FCT 47 50 10 107 3 Adamawa 47 48 30 125 4 Akwa Ibom 47 50 30 127 5 Anambra 47 50 30 127 6 Bauchi 43 50 30 123 7 Bayelsa 47 50 30 127 8 Benue 43 44 30 117 9 Borno 47 50 30 127
10 Cross River 47 49 30 126 11 Delta 47 46 27 120 12 Ebonyi 47 36 30 113 13 Edo 47 37 30 114 14 Ekiti 48 43 30 121 15 Enugu 47 50 26 123 16 Gombe 47 50 30 127 17 Imo 47 50 30 127 18 Jigawa 47 50 30 127 19 Kaduna 44 49 30 123 20 Kano 47 50 30 127 21 Katsina 47 55 30 132 22 Kebbi 47 32 30 109 23 Kogi 48 49 30 127 24 Kwara 47 50 30 127 25 Lagos 47 50 30 127 26 Nasarawa 47 50 25 122 27 Niger 46 50 29 125 28 Ogun 47 50 30 127 29 Ondo 47 50 30 127 30 Osun 47 49 30 126 31 Oyo 47 50 30 127 32 Plateau 47 50 30 127 33 Rivers 47 49 30 126 34 Sokoto 47 50 30 127 35 Taraba 46 45 30 121 36 Yobe 43 50 30 123
37 Zamfara 47 50 30 127 TOTAL 1722 1780 1077 4579
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6.2 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG) PROJECT
The NDE/MDGs-DRG skills acquisition projects funded by the office of the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals
(MDG’s) continued to receive attention with the reported period. It involved the
rehabilitation and equipping of 12 skills Acquisition Centres in four states. The
rehabilitated centre provides Vocational Training to youths in the following
trades:-
Abia State GSM repairs, computer operation and maintenance,
photo/video production, plumbing, electrical installation,
welding, interior decorations, catering, hairdressing and RTV
repairs.
Adamawa State GSM repairs, computer operation and maintenance, arc and
gas welding, plumbing, electrical installation, catering,
hairdressing, auto electrical, motor cycle repairs, interior
decorations.
Kaduna State GSM repairs, computer operation and maintenance, arc and
gas welding, plumbing, electrical installation, satellite
installation and maintenance, catering, hairdressing, interior
decorations, fashion designing.
Niger State GSM repairs, computer operation and maintenance, arch
and gas welding, plumbing, electrical installation, auto
electrical, satellite installation and maintenance, fashion
designing, catering & hairdressing.
In congruence to the above the under listed achievement were recorded:
- Rehabilitation and equipping twelve (12) centres in each of the selected
three states. Each centre received full supply of modern tools and
equipment for skills acquisition in ten (10) trades as stated above.
- Supply of training equipment/materials, including 30kva generating set to
each of the 12 centres.
- Recruited one hundred and twenty (120) technically proficient persons as
trainers for the various trades offered at the 12 centres (on the basis of
10 trainers/instructors per centre).
- Conducted TOT on pedagogical principles for effective vocational skills
acquisition training to the trainers. The TOT was conducted at two (2)
centres – Kaduna and Umuahia.
- Conducted TOT on the use of Audio-Visual aids and other training
delivery items for Trainers of the 12 centres. The Trainers were trained
at their respective training centres.
- Recruited and placed three Thousand (3,000) unemployed youths who
are expected to commence training at their respective centres early in
2011.
SECTION SEVEN
7.0 SERVICE DEPARTMENT
7.1 INSPECTORATE DEPARTMENT
The Inspectorate department is a service department charged with the
statutory function of ensuring that programme implementation is in
compliance with the policy directive, ensuring that the set objectives are
achieved.
The department thus plays the role of complementing the activities of the
programme departments. This role is critical to information gathering on
the operating system through monitoring, inspection and periodic
verification exercise.
The inspectorate department in accordance with its statutory mandate
and approved action plan carried out the following activities in the year
2010.
7.1.1 Activities/Achievements:
i) Pilot Entrepreneurship Development Training for Graduates
A proposal on Pilot Entrepreneurship Development Training for sixty (60)
graduates from North – Central Zone for six weeks at NYSC orientation
camp at Keffi, Nasarawa State received approval of management
towards the end of the year. It is hoped to be implemented early 2011.
The strategy was borne out of passion of making the teaming
unemployed graduates roaming the streets of Nigerian cities and towns
in search of jobs become young entrepreneurs.
This scheme will seek to add some pep to the existing Entrepreneurship
Development Programme (EDP) of the Directorate. However, the
scheme has the following broad objectives:
To ensure that the EDP is standardized;
To professionalize/empower resource persons;
To modulate the training;
To ensure quality assurance;
To provide adequate time, material and support for participants
during training;
To collaborate with stakeholders in government, finance and
private sectors in setting up graduates of the NDE/EDP schemes
after training.
ii) Collation of data and submission of report on 4,790 jobs FGN/NDE
stimulus package/job generation.
To ensure effective monitoring of the process, the Inspectorate
department deployed its instruments and captured data of the
participants of the various schemes at inception of the training
programme. The result of the exercise is to assist Management and
implementers to be focused during planned implementation of
programmes.
iii) Identification and profiling of performing and sustainable NDE
sponsored projects
The Inspectorate department carried out in twenty-eight (28) states and
FCT the identification and profiling of performing and sustainable NDE
sponsored projects in order to have a comprehensive documentation of
all performing and sustainable ventures sponsored by the Directorate on
the its website.
iv) 2010 Lagos International Trade Fair
Organization for NDE participation in Expos and Trade fairs is one of the
cardinal duties of the Inspectorate department. In discharging this duty,
the department set the enabling platform for NDE participation in the year
2010 Lagos International Trade Fair with the theme “Promoting Business
Confidence to enable Economic Recovery”,
A total of twelve (12) NDE beneficiaries in various programmes and
schemes were selected from Lagos, osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Delta,
Kwara, Akwa-Ibhom, Cross River states and FCT to feature in the fair.
The fair was a highly successful one as NDE pavilion was very rich and
well – patronized by the general public.
7.2 PLANNING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
The planning, Research and Statistics Department is one of the Services
Departments of the NDE. The PR&S Department was by Civil Service
Decree No.43 of 1988 charged with the following statutory functions:
i. Develop plans for the organization (Rolling, Medium and Perspective). ii. Monitoring and Evaluation of plans implementation; iii. Secretariat to the Tender Board; iv. Research into internal organization and operational modalities to
the Ministry (Agency); v. Research into the sectors (Programmes and Schemes) over which
the Ministry (Agency) has jurisdiction; vi. Sorting and monitoring of performance and efficiency targets for
various sub-divisions and staff of the Ministry (Agency); vii. Constant collection, collation and processing of data and statistics
relating to the Ministry (Agency); viii. Management of the Ministry’s records and information resources
(Data Bank, Computer Services, Registry, Library etc); ix. Liaison with relevant bodies outside the Ministry (Agency);
The above mentioned functions of the department are presently executed through the activities of the following branches and units: 1. Planning and Policy: The division is charged with the
responsibility of preparing the Directorate’s work plan for project
design, implementation and evaluation for effective programme
delivery. It also represents the Directorate at macro policy of
government.
2. Research and Statistics: This division undertakes baseline and
thematic surveys on the relevant aspects of employment
generation and poverty reduction activities. It also carries out
development and management of the NDE database thereby
acting as data bank and think tank to the Directorate.
3. Information and Communication Technology (ICT): The
Department recognizes the importance of a sound data base and
well equipped personnel with ICT and necessary Research Skills
for programme planning, project monitoring and evaluation in order
to contribute meaningfully to the realization of overall objectives of
the Directorate. To reposition itself for effective execution of its
mandates, the Department therefore organized manpower
development update training programme for its personnel
nationwide.
4. Budget: The Budget Unit prepares the Directorate’s budgets with
inputs from other departments. It also liaises with the Federal
Ministry of Labour, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the National
Planning Commission in seeking approval or harmony with the
National Plan and Budget.
7.2.1 Activities/Achievements:
The Planning Research and Statistics Department was engaged with
lots of activities during the period under review in line with its statutory
functions among which are the following:
Production and publication of 2009 Annual Report.
Collation of all relevant periodic data relating to NDE operations
nationwide. This enabled the NDE to be up to date in meeting
the regular demand for employment data by users of
employment statistics, including Federal Government
organizations, International organizations, NGOs, researchers,
individuals, etc.
The PRS Department developed the work plan for the stimulus
package, a special programme on creation of 4790.
The Department attended a number of meetings to work out the
modalities for implementation of 2010 Capital Budget Proposal
in line with approved budgetary allocation to the NDE.
The Department organized a capacity building workshop on the
Development of Evaluation Skills and Tools for all heads of
PR&S department in the State offices and headquarters, at
Economic Policy Analysis Center, Ibadan.
In the determined effort of the NDE to computerize its
operations and make all staff ICT compliant, the department on
behalf of the Directorate entered into collaboration with the
Computerized Nigeria Project anchored by Zinox Technologies
Ltd. The objective of the collaboration is to make computers
(Desktops and Laptops) available to NDE staff at reasonable
prices and on installmental payment basis. A total of 195 staff
nationwide benefitted from the scheme in the first batch in 2010.
Each staff got a laptop of his/her choice.
It is important to note that NDE now has a website which was
developed and hoisted with the domain address as
www.ndeonline.net. With the website, the NDE and its activities
can be viewed all over the world. Unemployed persons can log
into NDE portal and access NDE programmes through the
internet. The website can be accessed by users of employment
statistics without having to go to any NDE office to obtain such
information.
The department carried out the preparation of 2011 Capital
Budget Proposal of the Directorate which was submitted to the
Federal Ministry of Labour and National Planning Commission.
The department represented the NDE in stakeholders meetings
with other Government establishment, including National
Bureau of Statistics, New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD), National Commission for Refugees, National Agency
for Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), etc.
7.2.2 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit
To ensure functionality and continuous flow of data, the department carried out maintenance works on computers and internet facilities based on request from respect departments/units.
Over 80 computers were maintained. These were in areas of breakdown or preventive maintenance to ensure effectiveness and continued operations of the computers and hence ensure efficient service delivery by staff.
Sixty two (62) computers were purchased and distributed to the state offices and Headquarters to enhance the office works and productivity.
A workshop was organized for Data Processing Officers/Assistants from the 36 states and FCT at Lafia, Nasarawa State. It was aimed at upgrading the officers in ICT parameters and operations.
7.2.3 JOB CENTRE
The Job Centre Division serves as the gateway to all the NDE
programmes. Thus, the centre in addition to documenting all unemployed
persons interested in any NDE schemes renders counseling services that
help to ameliorate the disillusionment of Nigerian youths caused by long
period of searching for job. The Job Centre inculcates an attitudinal
change on the unemployed youth on the present realities in the Nigeria
Labour market through the services of the Counseling Officers. Other
services rendered by the centre include job linkages, among others.
Highlights of the Centre’s activities and achievements within the period
include:
Registered and counseled over 92,752 unemployed persons from all the 36 states of the Federation and Abuja in 2010 as shown in the Table 12. About 46,448 of them were placed in various schemes of the Directorate. This represent only but about
50% of those who indicated interest in participating in NDE programmes.
Males accounted for about 54.8% of all registration while females made up the remaining 45.2%.
School leavers (secondary school leavers) accounted for the highest registrations, about 37.7%. This is followed by holders of post secondary school qualifications 38.3%, while primary school leavers and those without formal education accounted for about 24%.
The age distribution shows that 25 – 34 years ranked highest with about 43.2%, followed by 15 – 24 years (36.2%). 34 – 44 years and 45 years and over account for 16.1% and 4.5% respectively.
The department organized a workshop on counseling and
computer appreciation for the Job Center (JC) – Counseling
Officers nationwide in Nassarawa state. The workshop was aimed
at updating the Counselor’s knowledge on counseling and IT for
enhanced programme delivery.
TABLE 14: DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTERED AND PLACED PARTICIPANTS IN NDE PROGRAMMES 2010
S/N STATE
REGISTERATION INTO NDE SCHEMES
Total
PLACEMENT REMARKS
Total SEX AGE GROUP
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
SEX AGE GROUP EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATION
M F 15-24 25-34 35-44 45+ PRIM SEC. POST SEC.
M F 15-24 25-34 35-44 45+ PRIM SEC. POST SEC.
1 Abia 738 823 463 634 328 136 472 677 412 1,561 547 694 391 434 305 111 388 633 220 1,241
2 FCT 51 50 7 77 15 2 9 35 57 101 31 27 4 46 7 1 0 0 46 58
3 Adamawa 267 363 340 218 60 12 189 420 21 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 630
4 A/Ibom 552 471 478 463 74 8 74 143 806 1,023 357 419 230 242 222 82 358 232 186 776
5 Anambra 124 223 204 100 27 16 55 185 107 347 124 223 204 100 27 16 55 185 107 347
6 Bauchi 1,207 301 646 444 258 160 893 514 101 1,508 719 264 368 337 240 38 554 329 100 983
7 Bayelsa 1,046 852 682 630 457 129 421 927 550 1,898 475 453 281 428 194 25 167 556 205 928
8 Benue 1,865 1,564 1,458 1,803 122 46 233 1,182 2,014 3,429 651 516 654 414 73 26 171 785 211 1,167
9 Borno 3,169 836 1,475 1,900 568 62 250 1,235 2,520 4,005 2,225 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,425
10 C/River 3,492 3,175 1,970 2,170 1,599 928 1,761 3,275 1,631 6,667 1,277 809 883 920 224 59 422 1,313 351 2,086
11 Delta 4,676 3,792 2,957 3,982 1,394 135 2,350 4,230 1,888 8,468 4,104 3,267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,371
12 Ebonyi 387 233 306 279 32 3 100 420 100 620 320 186 242 233 27 4 272 118 116 506
13 Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ekiti 2,739 2,196 1,894 2,836 203 2 1,317 2,466 1,152 4,935 2,544 1,966 1,727 2,588 185 10 1,646 1,657 1,207 4,510
15 Enugu 1,238 2,701 1,198 1,516 775 450 1,024 1,794 1,121 3,939 548 1,385 475 718 440 300 696 859 379 1,933
16 Gombe 308 163 162 245 51 13 85 93 293 471 262 123 127 206 41 11 58 83 244 385
17 Imo 511 695 246 621 303 36 43 848 315 1,206 261 398 141 369 142 7 52 421 186 659
18 Jigawa 1,158 112 216 935 119 0 101 1,035 134 1,270 808 92 166 725 9 0 50 716 134 900
19 Kaduna 2,945 2,416 1,924 2,781 594 62 821 599 3,941 5,361 1,898 1,667 1,087 2,215 232 31 572 585 2,408 3,565
20 Kano 725 253 271 382 228 97 109 618 251 978 642 158 225 375 129 71 308 442 50 800
21 Katsina 701 93 343 363 59 29 232 500 62 794 581 88 303 108 221 37 294 213 162 669
22 Kebbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Kogi 605 755 699 538 110 13 188 1,025 147 1,360 443 479 465 363 86 8 253 577 92 922
24 Kwara 342 184 95 251 104 76 210 221 94 526 314 81 111 111 102 71 44 54 138 395
25 Lagos 7,434 8,179 4,835 5,840 3,985 953 4,465 2,278 8,870 15,613 1,358 779 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,137
S/N STATE
REGISTERATION INTO NDE SCHEMES
Total
PLACEMENT REMARKS
Total SEX AGE GROUP
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
SEX AGE GROUP EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATION
M F 15-24 25-34 35-44 45+ PRIM SEC. POST SEC.
M F 15-24 25-34 35-44 45+ PRIM SEC. POST SEC.
26 Nasarawa 1,082 702 980 630 156 18 365 907 512 1,784 893 313 517 565 122 2 380 577 249 1,206
27 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Ogun 2,641 2,833 2,196 2,325 611 342 751 1,509 3,214 5,474 1,439 1,462 1,558 1,037 153 153 425 701 1,775 2,901
29 Ondo 1,497 926 773 1,239 339 72 276 1,513 634 2,423 422 523 277 496 161 59 255 515 207 945
30 Osun 544 591 260 488 289 98 239 511 385 1,135 317 277 161 222 170 41 116 403 75 594
31 Oyo 1,040 559 220 764 493 122 345 410 844 1,599 1,014 547 216 750 483 112 330 397 834 1,561
32 Plateau 1,128 1,107 1,212 831 190 2 170 984 1,081 2,235 988 916 1,000 725 177 2 150 742 1,012 1,904
33 Rivers 4,278 3,694 3,723 3,202 1,000 47 3,139 3,100 1,733 7,972 163 148 101 137 55 18 228 50 33 311
34 Sokoto 1,109 670 882 702 145 50 923 625 231 1,779 800 460 633 510 86 31 773 296 191 1,260
35 Taraba 363 320 152 353 147 31 373 198 112 683 148 97 72 109 49 15 42 125 78 245
36 Yobe 95 25 90 30 0 0 0 120 0 120 95 25 90 30 0 0 0 120 0 120
37 Zamfara 749 89 243 445 50 100 268 372 198 838 549 89 242 345 50 0 68 375 195 638 TOTAL 50,806 41,946 33,600 40,017 14,885 4,250 22,251 34,969 35,531 92,752 27,317 19,131 12,951 15,858 10,298 7,341 14,127 17,058 15,263 46,448
92,752 92,752 92,751 46,448 46,448 46,448
Fig. 12: Distribution of Registered and Placed Participants in all NDE Schemes in 2010
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Fig 13: Sex Distribution of Registered Participants into NDE Programmes in 2010
Fig 14: Age Distribution of Participants into NDE Programmes in 2010
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Fig 15: Distribution of Registered participants according to Educational Qualification
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7.3 FINANCE AND SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT (F&S)
The finance and supplies is by law the department saddled with the
responsibility of accessing and managing the finances of the Directorate for
prudency and accountability. The department’s operations are carried out
through the following units:
1) Accounts
i. Expenditure control
ii. Funds
iii. Advances
iv. Central Pay Office
v. Salaries
vi. Checking and Passing
vii. Reconciliation
viii. State Accounts
ix. Fixed Accounts
x. Final Accounts
2) Loans Coordination Unit
3) Property and Utility Unit
4) Transport Unit
5) Stores Unit
7.3.1 Accounts
The Accounts branch of the F&S department in the year 2010 under review
carried out the following duties:
i. Handled all financial transactions of NDE
ii. Ensured prompt payment of salaries, contracts, staff allowances and
other staff claims
iii. Preparation of Recurrent Budget of the Directorate in collaboration
with the PR&S department
iv. Provided utility services such as transport, telephone, water and
Electricity for both the States offices and Corporate Headquarters,
Abuja
v. Conducted Annual stock taking exercise in both the States offices
and Headquarters in conjunction with the Internal Audit
vi. Rendered Financial statement of Accounts on all Financial
transactions to the Management and for statutory Audit purposes
vii. Ensured prompt release of Funds to the States for payment of
stipends and allowances to participants and beneficiaries of various
programs and schemes of the Directorate
viii. Participated as a member of the Procurement Planning Committee
and ensured that due process was followed for all Procurements of
Capital Assets and other items of the Directorate.
7.3.2 Property and Utility Unit
The Unit ensured that payment in respect of rents for both Headquarters
and States offices in rented buildings were duly paid. Also Repairs and
Renovations of dilapidated structures were carried out to provide a good
working environment to enhance the Directorate’s image..
7.3.3 Transport unit
The Unit whose duty is to take charge of regular maintenance and repairs
of the Directorate’s entire Vehicles carried out maintenance works on
NDE vehicles. It also provided transport services as a matter of
convenience and effective discharge of duties to convey staff of the
Directorate to and fro their places of official assignments as need arose.
7..3.4 Loans Coordination Unit
The Unit is charged with the responsibility of recovery of loans granted
to NDE beneficiaries spread across the Nation. The Unit in the year 2010
under review recovered a total sum of N28,597,779 from various
programmes/schemes of NDE. This show a shortfall of about 15.2% of
2009 recovery value of N33,702,453.
TABLE 13: TOTAL AMOUNT ON LOAN RECOVERED IN 2010 (NAIRA)
S/No STATE
Small Scale Enterprises RLS AGRIC
SCHEMES WEB TCU
OTHERS (Specify)
TOTAL NDE/NACRDB
ECF (SYOB)
ECF (BBT) RADTS GRAD.
OTHERS (Specify)
NORMAL CLUSTER
1 Abia 0 310,250 4,000 119,550 0 716,000 40,000 67,060 3,725 10,000 0 1,270,585
2 Abuja FCT 0 20,000 0 0 10,000 4,000 84,000 31,713 30,000 0 30,000 209,713
3 Adamawa 0 31,000 0 0 0 93,067 18,300 39,660 0 131,747 0 313,773
4 Akwa Ibom 0 150,100 66,000 50,170 0 58,100 0 0 32,000 278,000 0 634,370
5 Anambra 0 60,000 85,000 34,000 388,440 5,000 0 6,850 0 0 579,290
6 Bauchi 0 567,050 0 13,500 0 474,440 13,500 10,966 0 44,500 0 1,123,956
7 Bayelsa 0 0 30,000 50,000 237,350 0 0 0 34,500 260,555 612,405
8 Benue 15,130 75,000 36,200 9,000 3,000 58,301 31,500 11,525 59,500 10,000 2,000 311,156
9 Borno 0 30,000 60,000 86,000 0 33,000 52,000 25,000 73,500 6,000 0 365,500
10 Cross River 0 16,250 0 0 0 96,930 0 16,980 0 192,663 0 322,823
11 Delta 0 20,000 49,495 0 15,700 18,000 0 58,570 100,000 0 0 261,765
12 Ebonyi 0 202,110 26,000 217,000 33,600 64,250 0 0 0 352,400 0 895,360
13 Edo 1,250,012 6,000 96,000 3,000 62,363 10,000 12,000 38,000 140,000 9,000 1,626,376
14 Ekiti 0 107,000 0 0 0 148,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 0 1,255,000
15 Enugu 0 292,221 108,500 0 0 338,481 110,000 160,491 0 50,000 415,980 1,475,672
16 Gombe 0 339,695 50,000 16,000 5,000 293,433 30,900 68,600 47,500 851,128
17 Imo 0 20,000 10,000 0 0 206,995 0 0 105,000 110,000 0 451,995
18 Jigawa 129,588 14,300 32,700 0 0 0 71,000 141,700 77,000 37,500 0 503,788
19 Kaduna 0 35,000 8,500 27,667 5,000 307,600 11,000 14,000 250,000 675,000 440,500 1,774,267
20 Kano 0 930,000 26,000 0 20,000 271,489 3,000 0 5,000 49,000 0 1,304,489
21 Katsina 1,323,349 190,070 0 0 0 156,500 0 10,000 44,000 0 27,500 1,751,419
22 Kebbi 0 119,000 39,000 5,000 165,000 34,800 0 0 0 0 0 362,800
23 Kogi 0 198,500 0 192,601 30,000 186,992 0 17,710 41,000 46,000 2,000 714,803
S/No STATE
Small Scale Enterprises RLS AGRIC
SCHEMES WEB TCU
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TOTAL NDE/NACRDB
ECF (SYOB)
ECF (BBT) RADTS GRAD.
OTHERS (Specify)
NORMAL CLUSTER
24 Kwara 0 103,400 0 24,200 0 235,260 68,000 186,020 4,850 8,200 72,100 702,030
25 Lagos 0 676,560 232,500 428,698 14,400 730,748 0 14,000 70,950 245,900 12,500 2,426,256
26 Nasarawa 40,330 66,800 0 0 20,000 185,910 125,390 28,116 46,350 95,500 0 608,396
27 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 205,477 0 0 0 0 0 205,477
28 Ogun 0 263,000 20,160 0 20,000 43,960 14,000 20,500 24,000 35,000 179,700 620,320
29 Ondo 0 105,000 20,000 0 0 147,480 117,000 72,500 31,000 0 15,000 507,980
30 Osun 0 95,000 7,000 0 40,000 175,300 9,000 115,228 23,000 62,000 0 526,528
31 Oyo 0 24,000 45,000 389,159 31,000 591,200 35,500 53,050 30,000 153,500 121,000 1,473,409
32 Plateau 0 40,500 0 15,030 0 417,852 0 97,459 0 3,600 78,134 652,574
33 Rivers 0 0 50,000 0 0 0 0 0 20,000 0 0 70,000
34 Sokoto 78,358 70,000 6,500 0 0 16,410 0 0 85,000 0 40,000 296,268
35 Taraba 0 322,000 0 0 0 62,400 8,000 92,500 287,300 35,000 1,600 808,800
36 Yobe 0 149,050 33,000 0 63,510 53,500 33,000 119,430 0 20,000 146,817 618,307
37 Zamfara 0 0 0 0 0 38,000 0 0 0 65,000 0 103,000
TOTAL 2,836,767 5,648,856 1,141,555 1,643,575 513,210 6,858,595 1,152,623 1,447,078 2,556,625 2,891,010 1,901,886 28,591,779
FIG. 16: LOANS RECOVERY 2010
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7.3.5 Stores Unit
The Unit during the year under review provided consumable items like
Stationeries, Office equipment, Furniture, etc to both the State and
Headquarters offices for the smooth discharge and convenience of
administrative duties of the Directorate.
7.4 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
The Human Resource Management department is charged with the
responsibility of administrative issues such as staff recruitment, posting,
transfer, promotion, discipline, welfare, training and pension matters.
The staff strength of the Directorate as at December, 2010 stood at 1,579
consisting of 1,351 senior staff and 228 junior staff. The gender
distribution of the total staff strength is made up of 153 males and 75
females for the junior staff, while the senior staff gender disposition
shows 941 males and 410 females. This is shown in the table below.
Table 14: Staff Gender Disposition
CATEGORY MALE FEMALE TOTAL
Junior staff 153 75 228
Senior staff 941 410 1351
TOTAL 1094 485 1579
FIG.17: STAFF DISPOSITION IN 2010
7.4.1 Activities and achievements:
In the review period, the underlisted activities were undertaken, which
recorded remarkable achievements viz;
7.4.2 Promotion of senior staff:
In a keenly competed promotion interview conducted for senior staff of
the Directorate, a total of 794 were promoted out of a total of 1,132 staff.
This was based on the number of vacancies declared. The distribution of
those promoted is as shown in Table 15.
It is worthy to note that the NDE Board in 2009 created Zonal Offices to
be headed by Directors on GL 17 and also upgraded State Offices to be
headed by Deputy Directors on GL 16.
Consequently, the number of vacancies for Directors increased to 9
(nine) while those for Deputy Directors went up to 34 (thirty-four).
However, the deployment of Directors and relevant personnel was not
concluded in 2010 and so many of the officers remained in their present
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Coordinators in their functional positions at the time of this report.
Table 17: Distribution of Promoted Staff by Grade Level
GRADE LEVEL TOTAL NUMBER PROMOTED
16-17 9
15-16 34
14-15 58
13-14 91
12-13 128
10-12 77
9-10 113
8-9 126
7-8 158
Total 794
FIG.18: DISTRIBUTION OF STAFF PROMOTED IN 2010 BY GRADE LEVEL
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7.4.3 TRANSFERS, TRAINING, UPGRADING, RECRUITMENT,
RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT/DISMISSAL
The department recruited a total of 21 staff consisting of 13 female and
8 male staff. Staff training on capacity building was organized during the
period under review and 35 staff benefited thereof.
16 staff were transferred either from headquarters to the states and vice
versa, as well as inter states transfer. As part of the department functions
in maintaining discipline in the directorate, 7 members of staff that erred
were disciplined accordingly within the period under report.
SECTION EIGHT
8.0 BRANCHES AND UNITS
8.1 INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION BRANCH (IPR)
The primary duty of the Information and Public Relations Branch (IPR) of
the NDE is to propagate and publicize the programmes and activities of
the Directorate through the mass media and other sources of information
gathering and dissemination. The objective is to mobilize intending
beneficiaries into NDE programmes and document in visual and video
format the activities of the Directorate as well as build and sustain a
positive public image for the organization.
To achieve this objective, the IPR Branch undertook a number of
proactive and re-evaluation measures to publicize the activities of the
NDE. The major publicity and public relations activities which the IPR
undertook in 2010 include the following:
The Branch intensified media coverage of all programmes/schemes and other major activities of the Directorate during the period under review. It also stepped up efforts in public image building as well as audiovisual presentation of programmes and schemes of the Directorate in both the print and electronic media.
The Branch also monitored the pulse of the general public through the feedback mechanism to gauge public feelings about programme implementation to enable the Management take appropriate action.
In specific terms, the IPR also achieved the following during the period
under review:
Facilitated the production of a TV documentary on the physically
challenged/vulnerable groups, which is a newly introduced job
creation scheme by the Directorate;
Wrote and Sponsored News Analysis on the physically challenged
which was aired on the network news segment of the FRCN;
Facilitated wider publicity of the DG’s media parley during the year;
Reinvigorated its protocol unit and stepped up activities and
collaboration especially with the National Assembly during the year
under review;
Intensified publicity on skills acquisition training in all the rehabilitated
skills acquisition centres in the six geo-political zones of the country.
The IPR branch equally carried out other duties that were ad-hoc in
nature as assigned from time to time by the Management.
8.2 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION BRANCH
The collaboration branch is saddled with the responsibility of coordinating
technical assistance given to NDE by international organisations such as
International Labour Organisation, United Nation Development
Programme, etc. During the review period, the branch embarked on the
following projects:
(i) The creation of common facility centres in Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, and
Katsina for palm fruit and groundnut processing respectively. The modus
operandi of these projects presupposes that states and local
governments concerned provide the required infrastructures
Consequent upon which three projects were located at Ikot Atang Uma village, Ibesikpo, Asutan LGA of Akwa Ibom state, Old Motor Garage Darazo Town, Bauchi state and Old Kano road Daura, Katsina state. These facilities enhanced the living standard of the inhabitants of such localities in addition to creating direct jobs opportunities to its operators.
8.3 INTERNAL AUDIT
The Internal Audit which operates as the watch dog of the Directorate,
constantly reviews the operations and records of the NDE with a view to
ensure that the financial guidelines are strictly followed and the Internal
Control is efficient as possible.
The following activities were performed during the year under review:
1. Opening and closing of accounting books and records for the year 2010
2. Checking of all newly opened personnel emolument (PE) cards for the year 2010
3. Prepayment auditing of payment vouchers
4. Post payment auditing of accounting books and records such as cash books, bank mandates, bank reconciliation statements and trial balance of all accounts.
5. Checking of advances and retirements
6. Checking of vote books
7. Verification of store items in the states
8. Periodical checking of store items in the Headquarters
9. Verification of journals, posting ledgers, income and expenditure accounts and final balances.
TABLE 18: LIST OF AVAILABLE TRADES FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION
S/N TRADE S/N TRADE S/N TRADE
1 Computer Repairs 31 Plumbing 61 Computer Programming
2 Computer Operation 32 Soap Making 62 Surveying
3 Furniture Making 33 Driving 63 Book Keeping
4 Fashion Designing 34 Interior design/Décor 64 Accountant Trainee
5 Tailoring 35 Carpentry 65 Typing and Shorthand
6 Electrical Installation 36 Masonry 66 Organ/TV Maintenance
7 Electronics Repairs 37 Brick Making 67 Generator Maintenance
8 Auto Mechanic 38 Catering 68 Cabinet Making/Joinery
9 Auto Electrical 39 Generator Maintenance 69 Coach Building
10 Printing 40 Music Composing/writing 70 Cookery
11 Rewinding 41 Boat Making 71 Bakery/Confectionery
12 Vulcanizing 42 Watch Repairing 72 Black Smiting
13 Ref. & AC Repairs 43 Video Work 73 Photolithograph
14 Upholstery 44 Gold Smith 74 Carving
15 Alum. Fabrication 45 Glazing 75 Cloth Weaving
16 GSM Repairs 46 Cloth Weaving 76 Dry Cleaning
17 Spray Painting 47 Arts & Crafts 77 Generator Maintenance
18 Hair Dressing 48 Mat Making 78 Organ/Piano Maintenance
19 Barbing 49 Basket Weaving 79 Environment Management
20 Welding 50 Painting & Decoration 80 Brick Laying/Masonry
21 Metal Fabrication 51 Battery Charging 81 Architectural/ Draughtsmanship
22 Wood Work/Carving 52 Office Equipment Maint. 82 Welding
23 Shoe Making/Leather 53 Car Washing 83 Sheet Metal Technology
24 Metal Pot Making 54 Horticulture 84 Foundry Technology
25 Panel Beating 55 Camera repair 85 Cane Furniture
26 Autotronics 56 Stage Lighting 86 Painting & Sign Writing
27 Interlocking Tiles 57 Modeling 87 Fumigation & Pest Control
28 Plaster of Paris (POP) 58 Livestock Farming 88 Laundry
29 Photography 59 Crop Processing 89 Pomade Making
30 Bead Stringing 60 Crop Farming 90 Cameral Repairs
LOCATION OF THE OFFICES NATIONWIDE
The corporate Headquarters of the NDE is located at Plot 1529 Nouakchott street, Wuse District
Zone 1, Abuja FCT. The NDE has Offices in 36 states and Abuja FCT as well as Liaison Office in
Lagos. The table below provides addresses and telephone numbers of the Headquarters and state
Offices
TABLE 19: LOCATION OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT OFFICES NATIONWIDE
S/N STATE LOCATION TEL NO
1 Headquarter
No 1, plot 1529, Nouakchott Str, Wuse Zone 1 PMB 104 Garki – Abuja
09-523226
2 Abia Employment House, Aba Road Amuzuta Old UmuahiaP.O.Box 7247, Umuahia
088-22181
3 Adamawa Behind Former State Ministry of Works & Housing, Off Kashim Ibrahim Way Jimeta,Yola
075-624315
4 Akwa Ibom
Federal Secretariat (Ground Floor), Olusengun Obasonjo Way, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State.
085-201786
5 Anambra 35, Nnamdi Azikwe Avenue P.M.M 5059, Awka 048-552014
6 Bauchi Off Gombe Road, Behind The Chief Magistrate Court Kofar E-id, Bauchi
077-543558
7 Bayelsa 2 Asingbi Road, off Imgbi Road, Amarab-Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. 089-490954
8 Benue Federal Secretariat Complex, Makurdi 044-533726
9 Borno Sir Kashim Ibrahim Road P.M.B 1647, Maiduguri 076-232384
10 Cross river
Federal Secretariat Complex, Calabar 087-233874
11 Delta Ground Floor, Fed Secretarial Complex, Okpanam road P.O.Box 1046, Asaba
056-281960
12 Ebonyi 11b Ejiofor Street, P.M.B 092, Abakaliki 043-21936
13 Edo 222A, Upper Mission Road P.O.Box 8455, Benin City 052-250157
14 Ekiti 91, Ajilosun Street, PMB 4333, Ado Ekiti 030-250861
15 Enugu 22/24 Ridgeway GRA P.M.B 01520, Enugu 042-252271
16 Gombe No. 3 Kano Road, New Commercial Area Gombe 072-223049
17 Imo Federal secretariat Complex, Ground Floor, Owerri, Imo State 083-233254
18 Jigawa Federal Government Secretariat 2nd Floor, P.M.B 7112 Sani Abacha Rd. Dutse, Jigawa State.
064-721067
19 Kaduna Off Yakubu Gowon Way, No. 5A Yakubu Gowon Way, P.M.B 2327, Near NTA, GRA, Kaduna
062-243796
20 Kano After CTV 67 Hotoro Maiduguri Rd, P.M.B 3488, Kano 064-668407
21 Katsina No 1. Justice Moh’d Bello rd GRA round About P.M.B 2060 Katsina 065-434862
22 Kebbi 19 Murtala Moh’d Rd, Tuun Wada, P.M.B 1077, Birnin Kebbi. 068-320715
23 Kogi No 8 Janet Ekundayo rd, GRA P.M.B 1037, Lokoja 058-221919
24 Kwara Federal Secretariat Complex 8th Floor, Fate Road, P.M.B 4952 031-222904
25 Lagos No. 7 Barikisu Iyede street, Onike Yaba, Lagos 01-5870552
26 Nasarawa No. 18 Jos Rd, Behind Natson Petrol Station Agwai, Hotel Rd, Lafia 049-21557
27 Niger Dr. Ladi Kwali Rd. Off IBB Rd Adjacent to NTA, PM.B 16 Minna 066-222082
28 Ogun Federal Secretariat Complex Oke Imosan, Kobape Road, P.M.B 3048, Ibara, Abeokuta
039-242261
29 Ondo Federal Secretariat Complex, Igba-toro Rd, P.M.B 612, Akure. 034-240349
30 Osun Old Governor’s office, Gbongan Ibadan Rd. P.M.B 4313 Oshogbo 035-241482
31 Oyo Federal; secretariat ComplexIkolaba Area, P.O.Box 26115 Secretariat, Iba dan
02-8108031
32 Plateau No 5 Narauguta Avenue P.O.Box 6853,Anglo Jos 073-461279
33 Rivers Federal Secretariat Complex 8th Floor, Aba Rd. Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
084-235618
34 Sokoto No 7, Dendo Road, P.M.B 2240 Sokoto 060-235430
35 Taraba 143 Hammaruwa Road P.M.B Jalingo 079-22147
36 Yobe Federal Secretariat Complex 3rd Floor, Gashua Rd. Damaturu, Yobe,
076-522651
37 Zamfara 3, Yahaya Abdulkarim RoadOpp. Takin – Ruwa, Sabo-Gari Gussau 063-200098
38 FCT, Abuja
Plot 2014, Cotonou Crescent Zone 6, Wuse - Abuja 09-5231229
EXPLANATORY NOTES
VSD - Vocational Skills Development NOAS - National Open Apprenticeship Scheme SOW - School –On -Wheel RLS - Resettlement Loan Scheme CBSATS - Community Based Skills Acquisition Training Scheme NETS - National Employment Training Scheme IAe-S - Institute for Advanced e-Studies SSE - Small Scale Enterprises EDP - Entrepreneurship Development Programme SYOB - Start- Your-Own- Business BBT - Basic Business Training REP - Rural Employment Programme RADTS - Rural Agricultural Development &Training Scheme RHTS - Rural Handicraft Training Scheme IFTS - Integrated Farming &Training Scheme SPW - Special Pubic works GAP - Graduate Attachment Programme EBTS - Environmental Beautification Training Scheme SETS - Solar Energy Training Scheme WETS - Wind Energy Training Scheme RETS - Renewable Energy Training Scheme CDS - Community Development Scheme NACRDB - Nigeria Agricultural Co-operative and Rural Development
Bank NEXIM - Nigeria Export and Import Bank UNDP - United Nations Development Programme ILO - International Labour Organisation NAPEP - National Poverty Eradication Programme NECA - Nigerian Employer Consultative Association CMD - Centre for Management Development