Youths who have completed their training under the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) have received their starter packs to enable them to begin their enterprises in Audio-Visual Technology.
Handing out the starter packs to the beneficiaries on behalf of the State Government, the State Chief Job Creation Officer, Prof Eric Eboh, said the distribution of starter packs to 54 STEPreneurs trained in Audio-Visual Technology is another milestone in the implementation of the State Government’s job creation programmes.
While saying that the empowerment for STEPreneurs is in fulfilment of the State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa’s, promise that any STEP trainee who successfully completes his training will be established to begin his enterprise, he reiterated thus, “this event is one in the series of the distribution of starter packs in the next three months in fulfilment of His Excellency’s ‘Strategic Wealth Creation and Provision of Jobs for all Deltans’ in the SMART agenda.”
He said the quality of starter packs for them was developed and recommended by seasoned trainers who understand what is required and needful for the STEPreneurs to be established in the Audi-Visual enterprise.
Prof Eboh said the equipment in the starter pack to include the following: a non-repayable grant of a HP Laptop; a Generator-Fireman Sumec 2900; Sets of Tripod Stand and a repayable loan of a Nikkon D5500 Camera and Red Head 800 Three Box Lights.
The cash components of the starter pack are operating cash of N50, 000 (fifty thousand naira) and monthly stipend of N10, 000.00 (ten thousand naira) per month for 3 months which will be paid on confirmation of establishment of business to provide a buffer allowance.
On his part, a Job Creation Resource Person on Audio-Visual Technology, Mr Williams Opa, said Audio-Visual Technology was initiated into the State Government’s job creation programme because of its high demand and the need to train youths in technical angle of entertainment, how to operate before and behind the camera.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke, Pamela Igbuwe (Isoko North LGA) and Julius Atse (Sapele LGA), expressed their joy and gratitude to the State Government for the empowerment with a promise to put their starter packs into good use.
Similarly, the Chief Job Creation Officer, Prof Eric Eboh, was at the Delta State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) where he distributed 12 bags of bird feeds to each 2015 Cycle YAGEPreneur in Poultry business.
According to him, the intervention was to cushion the harsh effect of the high cost of bird feeds on the young YAGEPreneurs.