The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) on Friday commenced a two-day training for about 120 youths in Ekiti State on entrepreneurial, business and networking skills.
Declaring the entrepreneurial training open in Ado-Ekiti, the Head, Production and Industry Support Services, Mr. Edmund Peters, said the training which was facilitated by Sen. Biodun Olujimi, (Ekiti South).
The training was part of Olujimi’s programmes aimed at addressing challenges of unemployment facing the nation’s youths.
Peters stated that it was developed to help young people achieve their career ambitions by providing guidance, support and assistance during their transition from school to meaningful employment.
He said that the training was the second to be facilitated and sponsored by the senator and had impacted positively in lives and directions on Nigerian youths.
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“This is the second to be facilitated by Senator Olujimi with the first training for about 40 indigenes of her constituency (Ekiti South) and here we are for the second training.
“Youth empowerment has two broad modules; life and business skills. These are skills that young people are not taught in many Nigerian schools. The experience we have had so far showed that these young people are talented, but they need some help in understanding the best way to accomplish their goals.
“They have ideas of how to move this country forward with bankable business ideas. They need someone to guide them in the right direction to be able to actualise their full potentials,” he said.
The report of the training prepared by Dr Rosetta Nnsi, listed the areas of coverage to include: Film Production, Cinematography, Non Linear Editing, Script writing and Production Management.
Beneficiaries included: Producers, Directors, Cinematographers, Editors, Still photographers, Continuity, Digital and New Media, Production Managers and Scriptwriters.
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The Managing Director of National Film Institute, Dr Chidia Maduekwe, urged participants to avail themselves the opportunities at the Institute where they could obtain diploma and higher degrees to the masters’ level in film production.
Maduekwe said the facilitators at the institute included Nollywood veterans and industry players as well as lecturers from the film institute.
The facilitator of the training, Olujimi urged beneficiaries to always strive to survive without white collar jobs, saying idle hands and minds were the devil’s workshop.
Represented by one of her aides, Mr. Kunle Aina, the senator reiterated her commitment towards ensuring that youths in the state were given a new lease of life.
She promised that the training, which centered on youths across the 16 local government areas of the state, was to inspire them by unleashing their latent entrepreneurial skills and ideas for the benefit of Ekiti in particular and Nigeria in general.
She added that the goal was to motivate youths into a pool of individuals who would conceive business ideas, create employment opportunities and wealth.
The senator, however, stated that the programme would show to the world that Ekiti is home of intellectuals that were ready to showcase growth and sustainable development of entrepreneurs in the state.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries were picked across the three senatorial districts in the state with highest number from Ekiti south with 60 participants. (NAN)
