Artisans that are currently undergoing screening at various centres of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) across all senatorial districts of the country will soon be deployed to centres that have been earmarked for SUPA Training.
ITF’s Director General/Chief Executive, Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun disclosed this when he received the report of the Committee on Centre Assessment and Verification for SUPA at the Fund’s Headquarters in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Ogun also said that deployment would commence after the “train the trainer” programme for officers of the Fund that would be involved in the training of artisans for SUPA.
A statement in Jos by the Director, Public Affairs Department of ITF, Olayinka Shodunke commended the committee for their individual and collective efforts to ensure the success of the assessment exercise.
Shodunke said the centres that were not visited by the committee may be outside the construction, fashion design, agriculture and agro-allied, and automobile works sectors that are the focus of this phase of the programme.
Speaking further on the ongoing screening, the DG assured that artisans that were not invited for screening under this phase, would be considered in subsequent phases, stressing that SUPA has come to stay.
Presenting the report, the Chairperson of the SUPA Committee, Mrs. Chioma Ogbonna said over 1000 centres were visited during the exercise out of which 781 were found to meet the requirements and were suitable for the training.
Giving a breakdown of the centres found suitable, Mrs. Ogbonna said 241 centres in the North-Central, 102 in the North-East, 150 in the North-West, 74 in the South-East, 100 in the South-West and 114 in the South-South met the requirements.