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The Lawmaker representing Ikorodu federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson MHR, has organised a two-day intensive training in Solar energy technologies for hundreds of youths.
The training according to Rep. Benson, is intended to equip youths of Ikorodu federal Constituency with skills in the assembling of solar energy technologies that would help them earn a livelihood, earn some income and pass down the knowledge to their respective communities.
The two-day intensive training which held at Magodo and Ikorodu one after the other, is designed to equip the youths with the basic knowledge and skills in assembling, maintenance and repairs of solar energy technologies, the Lawmaker says.
Speaking at the occasion, the chief master trainer and Energy Expert, commended the training initiative and Rep. Benson for his vision of organizing the training and for equipping his constituents with skills that is relevant to modern trend and beneficial to his Constituents.
Adding that the training will ensure that a number of Ikorodu youths acquire life skills in solar and renewable energy installation, repairs and maintenance and will become self-reliant, employers of labour, which will go a long way in curbing youth restiveness and other menace.
He explained that at the end of the training, participants should be able to design simple solar grids, install, maintain and repair SPV technologies and other renewable technologies and also be able trouble shoot and repair solar street lights amongst many other skills that participants will acquire.
The master trainer tasked the trainees to pay close attention to details noting that they should count themselves previlege for being part of the training that will change their lives for the best.
Speaking at the occasion, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson MHR, who was represented by one of his Aides, Mr Rasheed Aregbe, said the training is borne out of the desire to provide life skills for the teeming youths in his constituency and to address the issue of joblessness, insecurity and youth restiveness in Ikorodu federal Constituency.
Aregbe said, “JB has a strong faith in the empowerment of the human person as such all his interventions in organising different programmes are deliberately aimed at impacting the lives of the common man directly.”
He also encourage the youth to be patient and remain focused during the training as it is a life changing endeavor for them.
