News available to ViewPointNigeria inidicates that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), will train 480 school leavers and artisans on the rudiments of basic business management skills.

The Director- General of NDE, Dr Nadir Ladan disclosed this on Monday in Jos during a 5-day training exercise.

Ladan, who was represented by Director Small Scale Enterprises at the Directorate, Mrs Joyce Yarnap, said the training will be held in 12 states.Represented by Mrs Joyce Yarnap, Director, Small Scale Enterprises at the Directorate, Ladan said the training would be held in 12 states.

He said that two states from each of the six geo-political zones were expected to nominate 40 participants from each state.

Dr. Ladan explained that Basic Business Training was designed to train artisans, and school leavers on the rudimentary aspects of business management skills, noting that it was discovered that despite being highly skilled in their chosen vocations, most micro-enterprises failed due to lack of basic business management skills.

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