All is set for the Akwa Ibom State Government to launch the Arise Youth Employment Portal as part of promises made by the Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, during the September Youth Rally at the Uyo Township Stadium.
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh, the virtual launch is expected to take place at the State Executive Council Chambers on Monday, October 21, 2024, with top government officials and select stakeholders in attendance, while citizens are to witness the exercise virtually.
The CPS disclosed this during a brief presentation of the project to the media community at the conference room of the Government House Press Center on Wednesday.
Flanked by the Honorary Special Adviser to the Governor on media, Hon. Aniekan Umanah, and the Senior Special Assistant on Research and Documentation to the state governor, Dr. Essien Ndueso, the CPS noted that though the state is in mourning, occasioned by the demise of the Governor’s wife, Pastor Patience Eno, mechanisms of Government runs seamlessly.
Presenting the Arise Youth Employment Portal, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on ICT, Dr. Frank Ekpenyong, explained that the portal is the official online platform where unemployed and underemployed youths in Akwa Ibom State can register to access employment opportunities and training support from both the Akwa Ibom State Government, AKSG, and the Organised Private Sector (OPS)
He said the portal will serve as a pool that the Government and Private Sector can access to identify skilled youths for targeted employment in the civil service and private sector.
“The portal provides a platform where applicants can create their account with basic information such as names, passport photograph phone number, email address, National Identification Number (NIN), Voter Identification Number, (VIN) and upload their educational qualifications and relevant academic information that will help prospective employers access and verify applicants’ eligibility.
“The portal, when launched, will be opened to applicants who must be indigenes of Akwa Ibom State and are currently unemployed or seeking employment”. Dr. Ekpenyong explained.
According to him, The portal will henceforth serve as the official platform for the recruitment into the Akwa Ibom State Civil Service, the 5,000 youths across the 31 Local Government Areas for the N50,000 monthly empowerment, the Dakkada Skill Acquisition Training Programmes, and recruitment into the Ibom Community Watch (ICW) among others.
Our Correspondent recalls that during the youth and engagement rally last month, the Governor had promised to launch an employment portal where Akwa Ibom youths with marketable skills will be engaged in gainful employment.
The explanation by Ekpenyong reveals that the platform will also be used to execute the various empowerment schemes that the Governor had announced for the youths of the State at the rally as he had appealed to private companies operating in the State to utilize the portal for their recruitments when need arises.
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