Miss Tourism to train 50 women, youths on skills acquisition

Miss Tourism Nigeria 2016, Ogenna Ekwubiri said she would train 50 women and youths under her pet project, “Empower Her Project.’’

Ekwubiri made this known in an interview with the Naijaroyaltyculture.com  on Monday in Abuja.

According to her, the training will include commercial awareness, empowerment, entrepreneurial and leadership skills.

She said they would also be trained on hat making, clothing/ designing, fabrication and mechanised farming lasting between three to five weeks.

According to her, “my vision is more like an internship- apprenticeship situation, in which the trainee is attached to a company or a mentor where she gets first hand training on the job.”

She said at the end of the training, participants would be supplied with working tools to start.

She added that the training was to empower women and unemployed youths with various skills that would generate revenue, employ labour, as well as contribute to the economy.

Ekwubiri said it would also be tourism based to improve the sector, as well as contribute towards, hotel, beverage and hotel management in view of the dwindling resources in the oil sector.

I choose this as my pet project because I know women are the future and the future is now. I hope to empower women, who will in turn empower their families and the society at large.’’

The scheme will empower individuals, rather than rely on the government or corporate organisation for employment,’’ she added.