Ahead of the commencement of the Train 7 Project of the Nigeria LNG, a non-governmental organization based in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, the Bonny Volunteers Council (BVC) has reiterated its commitment to continue to encourage human capital development for youths of the area.

Director General of the Bonny Youths Volunteers Council (BVC), Emmanuel Jumbo said this on the sidelines of a Skills Acquisition Programme for the youths of the area held on Monday, September 13, 2021 in Bonny.

He explained that the motivation is to contribute significantly to the empowerment of the youths of the area to enable take advantage of the various developmental projects coming to Bonny Island.  

He pointed at the Train 7 Project, Deep Seaport, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Line, and Cargo Terminal, among others, noting that these high profile projects will not only change the economic and developmental profile of Bonny Island but also tremendously impact the nation’s economy.   

He called on the youths of Bonny Kingdom to maximize the opportunities inherent in these projects to improve their lives, stressing that the training programmes being organized by the Bonny Volunteers Council (BVC) was aimed at adding value to the lives of those who are willing to make positive progress in their careers and businesses.  

Also speaking at the programme, a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny, Dabota Jumbo encouraged the participants to make full use of the opportunity to learn new skills and converting such skills into enterprise, pointing out that such skills will come handy in the course of managing their businesses.  

“You know entrepreneurship is all about business, it’s all about you learning skills that you can convert into an enterprise. It’s all about you having some kind of competency in what you have been called to do.”

“Don’t think this thing as one of those things you throw through the window. You’ve come, maybe somebody has sponsored you, maybe for those of you going to the next level, I hear you have to pay about five thousand or something; maybe somebody have so chosen to pay for you, don’t think because it’s not your own idea, and that’s why I advise people anything you’re not passionate about you have no business getting involved into it.”

She encouraged them to utilize the skills they are being taught, explaining that those skills can be useful in different ways, stressing that what was important was first of all learning them.  

In Nigeria now what we should be talking about is skills application, what do you do with the skills that you’ve acquired? This is very important because with the skills that you’ve acquired you can decide to work for yourself, with the skills that you’ve acquired.