Sokoto to train 2,300 youths as traffic, security marshals

Sokoto State Commissioner for Special
Duties, Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar Dange, has
said the state government is training no
fewer than 2,300 unemployed youths in the
state as sanitation, traffic and security
marshals.
The commissioner made the disclosure while
inspecting participants at the orientation
camp of the National Youths Service Corps
(NYSC) in Wamakko town, Wamakko Local
Government Area of the state
. He said the
programme was aimed to create more job
opportunities for the teeming unemployed
youths in the state.
He added that about 100 youths were drawn
each from the 23 local government councils
for the programme. The commissioner
commended Governor Aliyu Wamakko for
giving the youths the opportunity to benefit
from the programme.
Dange, who expressed satisfaction with the
arrangements done by the training consultant
to ensure the success of the programme,
said: “Excellent arrangements had been
made to ensure the security, comfort and
welfare of the trainees during the six-week
training programme. I must, however, appeal
to the participants to be committed and hard
working to achieve the set objectives.”
Also speaking, the training consultant, Alhaji
Shehu Ya’u, said all arrangements to ensure
the success of the programme had been
made.
Ya’u stated that military and para-military
personnel were mobilised to adequately drill
the trainees.
“The governor deserves a pat on the back
for approving this laudable programme which
had taken 2,300 unemployed youths from the
streets,” he added.
A cross-section of the trainees, who spoke
with journalists, commended Governor
Wamakko for approving the programme,
saying: “We are also comfortable and
encouraged with the good arrangements
made by the ministry and the training
consultant to ensure our welfare.”