FG/Nomadic Commission: on Youth Skills Acquisition for Sustainable Livelihood
The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo has expressed the Ministry’s willingness to partner with the National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) in the training and empowerment of nomads in the country.
The permanent secretary on behalf of the minister Hajia Umar Farouk stated this during the Submission of Concept Note by the Commission on Workshop for the Critiquing and Production of Training manuals for Nomadic Youth on Skills acquisition and sustainable livelihoods, in Abuja.
Gwarzo explained the Ministry and the Commission have a lot to do in the training and empowerment of nomads in the country and commended the effort of the Commission on the production of the training manuals for nomadic youth on skills acquisition and sustainable livelihood.
He emphasized there was need for a stakeholder buy-in of the maual “It is not just to critique the document but have a stakeholder buy-in”.
Dr Gwarzo according to this press statement by madam Rhoda Ishaku Iliya
Deputy Director Information revealed that the Commission has a Radio Station that could be used to air the activities and programmes of the Ministry to the remotest communities in the country.
The permanent secretary acknowledged the presence of trained man power in the commission that could be used to reduce banditry and insurgency. He enjoined the commission to collaborate with the Ministry’s departments and agencies in relevant areas and called on the experts in the Nomadic Commission to work with the Ministry in order to have a plan of action, get a framework and a committee formed for a more positive result.
Earlier, the National Coordinator National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Dr Umar Bindir stated that NSIP was introduced in the year 2016 and serves as the backbone of the Ministry to cater for the poor and the vulnerable. He highlighted the 4 clusters of NSIP which include National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, GEEP, CCT, and N-Power and the activities/successes achieved aiming at poverty alleviation.
On his part, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Nomadic Education, Prof. Bashir H. Usman, said the Commission came into existence in 1989 for the education of Nomads, pastoralists, migrants and fish farmers. He intimated that there have been changes in their operation due to climate change and insecurity which made them to review their laws in response to emerging issues. This he said gave birth to classes for the education of the nomads. He said the Commission has established 3 new Skill Acquisition Centres.
Usman stressed their aim of visit is the need for the Commission to partner with the Ministry and Critique the training manual on nomadic education.
Also, the Director, Skill Development in the Commission, Dr Abdu Umar Ardo said that the Commission conducted needs assessment with the pastoralists and the youth and came up with the need to train them on the following: Peace and Conflict Management; Modern Method of Cattle and Dairy production; Training the youth in ICT, phone repairs, POS, money transfer; Bee keeping ; Fish farming and Entrepreneurship skills.
He expressed optimism that the Ministry will support the Commission in the area of funding to critique the training manual before usage so that they will know the methodology to use in the training. According to him the training of the pastoralists is to bridge the gap in nomadic education, minimise youth restiveness, inclusion of nomads in National Social Register for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria.
The event was attended by the Directors of the Ministry and the National Commission for Nomadic Education
