Ekiti State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Otunba Kayode Fasae has called on beneficiaries of the Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) to form cooperative societies to enable them access loans, grants and other benefits from government and corporate Organisation.
Otunba Fasae made the call during a training programme organized for the LIPW beneficiaries who are engaged in social services in their respective communities by Job Creation and Employment Agency (JCEA)/ Ekiti State Community Action Resilience and Economic Stimulus (EK- CARES) in the State.
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Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Femi Adedipe, the Commissioner said the beneficiaries should take advantage of the Life Skill Training acquired and become employers of labour, rather than employees or job seekers.
He stated that the training became imperative as the 3rd batch of the EK- CARES LIPW beneficiaries would soon be exiting the social services programme.
Otunba Fasae who noted that the training centered on small poultry, pig production and management, urged the beneficiaries to take the training seriously as it is a source of income through sales of meat, eggs, birds as well as poultry manure.
Adedara Adefemi and Abosede Ayeni who spoke on behalf of other beneficiaries of the programme appreciated the state government for the exercise; saying that EK- CARES programme has helped in ameliorating the suffering among the extremely poor and vulnerable as a result of the the COVID -19 pandemic that ravaged the world in year 2020.
They both appealed to the government to sustain the programme so that other people can benefit from the EK- CARES initiative.