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Promasidor Nigeria Limited as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative to develop careers capacity for the next generation professionals has organised the third edition of its career guidance workshop for secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The career guidance workshop is organised with the aim of enhancing students’ knowledge in making informed decisions on the right choice of career.
Anders Einarsson, Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, said Promasidor’s Harness Your Dream was initiated to guide students to choose careers that match their talents, skills and aspirations.
Einarsson, who was represented by Andrew Enahoro, Head, Legal and Public Relations, explained that students at the JSS3 level were the main target because they would be faced with the task of choosing relevant subjects that would determine their future careers in the next academic session.
He said youth unemployment is part of the problem experienced in the country and that they would have been more creative with less dependence for means of livelihood if some of them had been properly guided in making right career choices.
According to him, the success of past editions held in Lagos and Abeokuta, has prompted Promasidor to extend the laudable initiative to schools in Abuja and other parts of the country since the company serves the nutritional needs of people across the country.
Kabiru Ibrahim Matazu, Chairman, Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Abuja, observes that guidance is the key that unlocks the brain of a student in achieving good results while making the right career choice.
Matazu who was represented by Usman Yahaya, Board Member 1 of UBEB, Abuja, said that through “Promasidor’s Harness Your Dream,” students would be able to know the steps and processes to take to attain their career objectives which would place them in leadership and entrepreneurial positions in future.
According to him, “Promasidor’s career guidance initiative is in line with UBEB’s order that “Education for All is the Responsibility for All.”
On her part, the Principal of Jabi Junior Secondary School, Aisha Bello also applauded Promasidor’s resolve to enhance students’ perception in choosing the right profession, and said that the workshop is very crucial to students at the JSS3 level.
“Normally as a school, we organise career talk for our students, but this surpasses what we do because professionals in different fields were brought to interact with the students. This is really inspiring and would help the students to become relevant to themselves and the nation in future,” she affirmed.
The Abuja edition which was held on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at Junior Secondary School, Jabi, was organised for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 students of the host school, and their colleagues from Junior Secondary School, Tudun-Wada and Junior Secondary School, Wuse, Zone 1.
Promasidor Harness Your Dream was launched last November at Oregun Junior High School, Ikeja, Lagos with the second edition in Abeokuta in March, this year. Its primary objective of “Promasidor Harness Your Dreams” is to help public school students understand varieties of career options and guide them along their career paths with Promasidor staff members serving as resource persons.
KELECHI EWUZIE
