Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP) under its Ogun State Skill Fund is finalizing plan for training of traders and artisans in various vocational trades across the state to enhance their respective small scale businesses and daily income
Over 15,000 trainees including 4,989 for Business Development Organization and
5,288 for Functional literacy are expected to participate in the third phase of the training programme
Skills Development Specialist of the training scheme , Engr. Adesegun Fatoki addressing participants on Wednesday in Abeokuta, during stakeholders meeting preparatory to take off of Literacy and Business Training for market women, traders and artisans, expressed concern that estimated 70 percent of those in the informal sector are not making enough daily income
He attributed the low daily income to low literacy level, low digital literacy level, lack of relevant vocational skills as well as low financial and business planning skills
The Skills Development Specialist explained that the training was designed to equip the participants with the needed entrepreneurship training to enhance their respective small scale businesses and those without formal education will under go literacy , saying there will be Certification in Literacy of Proficiency by the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology while there will be Entrepreneurship Certification by Small, Medium Enterprises Development Association of Nigeria (SMEDAN) for the trainees at end of the training duration usually between four or less than two months
He asked artisans, market women and traders to register for the ongoing third batch of the training under the Ogun State Skill Fund by visiting its website www.osf.ogunstate.gov.ng for them to be trained in demand driven skills in different training centres across the state
He urged the participants including artisans, traders and market women to take full advantage of opportunities being provided by OSF, to equip themselves with the needed business training to improve on their respective personal income, so as to enhance revenue profile of the State
Engr. Fatoki revealed that over 4,000 beneficiaries had already completed training under OSF in the previous batch of training while another batch of 6,605 trainees are under going training in vocational/ Information and Communication Technical (ICT)
A total of 1,000 farmers already trained on how to transform farming into serious agriculture business while another batch of 5,000 farmers currently be trained
Earlier, the Gender Specialist on the Project, Mrs. Ewajesu Fasina welcoming participants, explained why the engagement was necessary to ease the smooth take off of the training session across the state
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