Thursday, 24 August 2017

Delta State Government Eyes European Union Support To Boost Job Creation



 
   Delta State Government has disclosed its readiness to scale up its job creation agenda through partnership with the World Bank and the European Union, especially in the area of funding.



  Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Festus Agas, said this yesterday in Asaba, when officials of the World Bank and European Union Implementation Support Mission to Delta state visited him.

  Hon. Agas said that the Governor Okowa-led administration placed high premium on job and wealth creation and noted that the State Employment Expenditure For Result, SEEFOR, intervention was aligned to the SMART Agenda of the present administration.

  He said that the SEEFOR project had created employment for over 5,000 youths, while more than 70 communities have benefitted under the community- Driven Development Social Component with over 120 people having access to socio-economic infrastructure.

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