As part of its efforts at creating job for unemployed youths in Delta State, the State Government is organising a two-day Job Readiness Workshop for unemployed graduates under the Graduate Employment Enhancement Programme (GEEP).

Beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) who failed the initial Post Training Proficiency Test has expressed their gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for giving them a second chance.

The sixth edition of the OkowaPlus Newsletter communicates the activities, progress, achievements and outlook of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Job Creation Scheme.

In furtherance of its commitment to reducing unemployment among youths in the State, the Delta State Government has established another 27 STEPreneurs who recently completed their vocational training in Information Technology Services (ITS.)

In furtherance of the Delta State Government’s commitment to building a new generation of entrepreneurs in the state, the Green YAGEP beneficiaries of the 2019/2020 Cycle have received day old broilers to begin their agricultural enterprises in Poultry.

 As part of its efforts in reducing the adverse economic impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on households, the Delta State Government has handed out 90 melon shelling machines and generators to widows across the state.

 One of the visionary steps taken by His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, following his inauguration as Governor of Delta State on the 29th of May 2015., was to create Office of the Chief Job Creation Officer (OCJCO). The Office was conceived as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Governor’s Office, for the planning, formulation and implementation of youth-targeted job creation programmes in the state. This innovative model of programme implementation was the core element of strategy aimed at ensuring professionalism, efficiency, effectiveness and lasting impacts in promoting and actualizing skills-based entrepreneurship and self-employment among youths.

Delta State government has sustained its Job and Wealth Creation Programme which its pilot scheme commenced in 2015/2016 and now successful beneficiaries of the programme are boasting of world-class products even as they trace their growth and achievements to the superlative training and empowerment they had.