Delta State Government has introduced four sustainable tools to assist those applying for entrepreneurship programmes in the state to be adequately empowered with the necessary skills.
Head of the State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau, Prof. Eric Eboh, who disclosed this recently in Asaba, said the bureau, to ensure organisational and programme sustainability, is already applying some institutional development tools.
Eboh further said that the 1,000 graduands of the State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) and the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2020/2021 programme cycle were beneficiaries of the tools.
He listed the sustainable tools as an online programme Management Information System, which has two platforms, Job Creation Magazine series published since 2015, satellite-based digital survey map of all verified YAGEP farm enterprises throughout the state and the Five-Year masterplan of Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau,
He explained that the online programme has two platforms – the job creation website (deltastatejobcreation. ng) and the Digital Programme Portal, an open-access online platform.
According to him, the portal contains key programme information, including a databank of 6,074 beneficiaries from the inception of the job and wealth creation bureau to date, a databank of all trainers, training tools (both manuals and audiovisuals), enterprise starter pack checklist and programme flow chart.
He described the portal as a One-Stop-Shop of information and knowledge resources for timeless learning and citation.
He explained that the portal could be accessed online without any passcode, which underscored the transparency, credibility and integrity of the job creation programmes, in line with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s principle of accountability.
The Job and Wealth Creation Bureau boss stated that the Job Creation Magazine series published since 2015, the second sustainability tool, “has accomplished eight editions and the most recent was published in November of last year. The magazine series is the primary channel for documentation, dissemination and feedback on activities, progress, achievements and impacts of job creation programmes.”
He disclosed that the third sustainability tool is a digital map of an interactive electronic dashboard that shows the GPS location of verified YAGEP farm enterprise together with details of enterprises including names and contacts of owners and type of enterprise.
“By this satellite-based digital map, all existing YAGEP farm enterprises can be located, viewed and contacted online from any part of the world”, Eboh explained.
He described the fourth sustainability tool as the Five-Year Masterplan of Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau, driven by the legal enactment establishing the bureau by the Delta State House of Assembly.
He pointed out that the Masterplan would provide the roadmap and signposts for enhancing the relevance, impacts and sustainability of the job creation model into the future.
