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Hon Joseph Andrew Koluo the Member of Parliament of Toroma Constituency has advised the youth to utilize the skills gained in the vocational training for their own future and avoid mixing with people who can mislead them.
“The peace in Uganda has enabled the country to develop drastically, I have seen how good the skilling project is. Utilize the skills you have gained for your own future and avoid mixing with people who can mislead you,” the MP advised the beneficiaries.
The legislator made the remarks on Monday at Nakulabye Skilling Centre as trainees showcased their vocational skills acquired in the six months of free training.
This Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl/Boy Child (PISGBC) was hosted by Our Lady of Fatima Church in Nakulabye-Kiwunya with an aim of transforming the lives of beneficiaries in Kampala City.
Ms. Sarah Namukose Mpungo the officer In-charge of Children, Youths and Students Affairs in the Office of the National Resistance Movement commended the President and the Head of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl / Boy Child (PISGBC), Dr. Faith Katana for educating the vulnerable youth in Kampala city at no cost.
“I thank President Museveni, Dr. Katana and the staff for educating these children who some of these were phone thieves that have been transformed by the skilling project.” Ms Mpungo highlighted.
In her remarks, Dr. Katana who also serves as the Senior Presidential Assistant on Education and Skilling condemned the leaders who mislead the youth, saying that some of them have promoted politics of divisionism which is a threat to Uganda’s socio-economic transformation agenda.
She also thanked the instructors for transforming the youths, before advising the latter to observe good discipline.
“Add value to your products. As long as you maintain having a raw material, it will remain of low value,” she also urged.
The Private Secretary to the President In-charge of Value addition and Export promotion, Dr. Hilary Musoke said that the target for Uganda today is to ensure import substitution as a sure way towards prosperity.
The Administrator of Nakulabye Centre, Ms. Sarah Naikazi saluted President Museveni for spearheading the Skilling Project and she also thanked the staff for the job well done.
Ms. Naikazi was also pleased to note that they have also imparted knowledge among the students who are disabled and called on the leaders to mobilize for more resources to sustain the project.
A total of 368 students undertook training in different skilling course which include shoe-making, tailoring, embroidery, knitting and hairdressing.
