The Edo State Government has expanded access to technical, vocational, entrepreneurial and digital skills development programs as part of efforts to reduce youth unemployment and improve economic opportunities across the state.\n<\/p>\n
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The State Commissioner for Youth Affairs, Charity Amayaenvbo, disclosed this during activities marking the 2026 World Youth Skills Day in Benin City on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n
Amayaenvbo said the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo recognises young people as key drivers of economic growth and is investing in vocational training, entrepreneurship and digital innovation to improve their employability and prepare them for the changing labour market.\n<\/p>\n
According to him, the state government is working with EdoJobs, the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), relevant federal agencies and development partners to provide youths with globally competitive skills.<\/p>\n
He said the partnerships have broadened access to training in information and communication technology (ICT), agriculture, renewable energy, construction, hospitality, the creative industry, fashion, and automotive technology.\n<\/p>\n
The commissioner explained that the initiative is designed to equip young people with practical skills that will enable them to secure jobs, start businesses and become employers of labour.\n<\/p>\n
He added that the programmes are inclusive, ensuring women, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups have access to marketable skills that can improve their livelihoods.\n<\/p>\n
Amayaenvbo urged youths to embrace lifelong learning and continuously upgrade their knowledge to remain competitive in an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology, artificial intelligence and green innovation.\n<\/p>\n
He reaffirmed the Edo State Government\u2019s commitment to sustained investment in skills acquisition, entrepreneurship and innovation as part of efforts to build a productive workforce and reduce unemployment among young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edo State Government has expanded access to technical, vocational, entrepreneurial and digital skills development programs as part…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":939278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16],"tags":[378194,7779,64,49621,347146,378195,1033,607,378196,378197,373460,2426,268,975,1595,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-939277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-accelerator-programme","tag-africa","tag-business","tag-business-growth","tag-creative-economy","tag-creative-tech","tag-design","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-film-and-media","tag-founders-fund-africa","tag-funding-opportunity","tag-innovation","tag-investment","tag-music","tag-startups","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116930835105886838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}