From Umar Dankano, Yola.
No fewer than twenty youths and women entrepreneurs have received intensive trainings on the rudiments of batiking and fabrics artistic designs in Adamawa State.
The trainings were selected across the nine (9) LGAs of Adamawa Southern Senatorial District and physically participated in three-day extensive training, which was held in Mayo-Belwa local government area of the state.
Our Correspondent reports that the training which had both theory and practical stages saw the emergence of newly certified dye-and-tye design experts in the Zone.
In her remarks at the closing ceremony of the training, the Convener, Lynda Rubi Binos expressed gratitude to God Almighty for giving her the opportunity to contribute in developing in the people in her society.
Rubi, who is the daughter of Adamawa southern senatorial zone, Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe, explained that, the initiative was a joint effort with her friend, Peace Bassani as they brought the idea to embark on a project with direct bearing on the people.
She added that she decided to picked an empowerment programme just like that of her father.
Also, she noted that, the participants were exposed to all what they needed to know about dying and batiking with a sole aim of becoming useful to themselves and the society and country at large.
She therefore, charged the participants to use the knowledge acquired judiciously by setting up their own businesses to transfer the skills to others in their various societies.
“Gone were the days when people depend on white collar-jobs, even the developed countries, like Singapore witnessed rapid developmental transformation when its government engaged the young people in skills acquisition programmes.
“Our decision to embark on the project was borne out the love for the constituents in the Southern senatorial zone which was supported by Senator Yaroe Binos.
“I also encourage us as the younger generation to engage in entrepreneurship and pursue academic knowledge so that we can be in tune with changing times.
“Apart from the training on batiking, tie, dying and other fabric artistic designs, we are as well given the required working materials to the 20 participants each worth N115, 000 so as to hit the ground running immediately”, she explained.
Also speaking, Senator Binos, who was represented by his Mrs Binos Yaroe noted that empowering his constituents is one of his topmost priorities, hence he his decision to key into the idea of the two young promising women.
He assured the participants and the Adamawa South people as a whole of his commitment and determination to keep providing them with the needed dividends of democracy.
Responding, a participant of the training, Hundoko Samuel, who is into laundry business, could not hide his joy over the training, as the skills he learnt would add value to his business.
In his words, “In my business, I only wash clothes and iron them. But with the knowledge I acquired from this training, I can also tie and dye clothes for my customers.
“ I want to thank our facilitators, Lynda and Peace for taking their time to train us”.
