The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) declared it would soon establish Centre for Advance Skill Technology and Employment (CASTE) in the six geo-political zones of the country.

This was disclosed by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of ITF, Professor Longmans Sambo Wapmuk at the technical collaboration with the ABI Electronics, United Kingdom, in Ibadan, on Wednesday.

The ITF boss who was represented by the Deputy Director (Training), Engineer M.E.O Afadi, stated at the event that 36 industrial skill training centres had already been established throughout the country to reduce the high rate of unemployment among the youth especially the graduates.

According to Sambo Wapmuk who noted that about 60 percent of the youth are unemployed, the industrial skill training would enable youth to acquire skills that guarantee their self reliance, self employment as well reduced rate of youth restiveness in the country.

He established further that the skilled youths would also transfer such skills to other employed youths, thereby reducing or even eradicating cases of youths looking for white collar jobs that are not in existence.

Speaking on the technical collaboration with ABI Electronics UK, he said it involves training of people with a view to acquiring skills in the general repairs of electronics and other equipment, disclosing also that ITF would sign an MoU with the electronics company and map out strategy on the mode of the training.

The representative of ABI Electronics in Nigeria, Dr Tayo Bamgbose pointed out that 1,000 people from the 36 states of the federation including Abuja would be trained on industrial and domestic repairs.

He highlighted that the participants would further be empowered after the training to enable them cater for themselves and families, stressing it is  expected of them to be self employed and also do what is expected of them as entrepreneurs.