FG trains 500 youth facilitators to reduce out-of-school children in Gombe

The federal government says it has trained 500 persons in Gombe state to mentor the vulnerable children and youth in the state.

The 500 facilitators drawn from the 11 LGAs in Gombe state were trained on critical areas such as child pedagogy, rights, and protections, basic literacy and numeracy, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, digital skills, sports and life skills,

Other areas include agriculture, mental health, psycho-socio support, basic monitoring, and evaluation among others.

The youth facilitators would be assigned the lists of disadvantaged youth and children within their LGAs as their direct responsibility.

The government will help for easy identification and to enable them secure parental/guardian consent before the training and nurturing would commence in the various community hubs set up by the state government.

They would also receive a monthly stipend to support the entrepreneurship opportunities arising from their peculiar skills.

Speaking during the closing ceremony of a 3-week capacity building training programme, Maryam Uwais, senior special assistant to the president on social investment, said those trained are expected to use the knowledge gained to provide further training, support, and mentorship for various At-Risk-Children in their communities.