Salesians Empower Youth in “digital skills for employment" Initiative in Nigerian Centre

“We aim to negate the impacts of unemployment and underemployment on the teeming number of young people in Nigeria,” a Salesian official is quoted as saying in the September 25 report. 

The official adds, “As the world evolves, most organizations, businesses, and companies have gone through a certain degree of digital transformation. The digital age is expanding into all areas of human existence, and it is not just those who work in the information technology world that need to be alert of this change. Digital skills are highly valued and will be very vital in the future.”

The Salesian centre in Ibadan was established in 2002 to offer educational and social services to disadvantaged young people.

The centre that hosts an Institute of Philosophy with 200 students also has a youth center that is visited by 500 youth each day, an oratory where 100 youth visit each day, and a child protection home with 40 children, SDB officials say in the report. 

They add that the center also offers an outreach program for street children, who cannot be accommodated in the child protection home.

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Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.