Minister @ Job Fair, Commends New Horizons

Alhaji Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, minister of Youth Development, has commended New Horizons for its commitment to youth development in Nigeria through the yearly organization of Job Fair and Entrepreneurship empowerment programme.

The minister who spoke at the 7th National Job fair applauded New Horizons efforts in eradicating unemployment in Nigeria; advised the youths to develop their entrepreneurship skills as a way out of unemployment.

He also encouraged the youths to acquire IT certifications from reputable organisations such as New Horizons.

New Horizons Nigeria in its bid to decrease unemployment in the country held its annual Job fair tagged ‘Unlocking Your Dream Job using ICT Skills’ on the July 6, at the National Institute of Sport Hall, National Stadium, Surulere and was attended by over 5000 youths from across the country.
 
The Job Fair is one of the numerous activities embarked upon by New Horizons every year with a view to empowering the Nigerian Youth on how to pass their job interview or for those who want to become Entrepreneurs to acquire necessary tips on how to build successful business.

The main goal of the annual job fair is to empower the Youth with information on how ICT can be used for Job creation, self-improvement and entrepreneurship.

It also creates the platform for Youths to be recruited and educates them on how to be job ready through success interview tips and writing a winning resume.

An online test was conducted for different job positions prior the date of the job fair and Clement Ashley was on ground to coordinate on-the-spot interviews for some of the shortlisted candidates for one of the positions.
 
The participants were interviewed to show the youths how interviews are conducted, possible interview questions and how to answer them.

The successful candidates at the Job Fair were  Echemazu Benedicta and Ebene Godwin, who were presented with New Horizons employment letters by the Minister of Youths and Development.

Tim Akano, managing director of New Horizons, Nigeria, reaffirmed his commitment towards making IT development and upgrade, visible in every sector of the country.

He also had this to say “With our outstanding relationships with EC-Council, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Bristish Computer Society (BCS), Certiport, CBP, Linux and SAP the future is bright for the Nigerian IT Professionals”.

New Horizons, the world’s largest independent IT Training organization with offices in 80 countries and 6 continents of the world, is a fast growing organisation with strong interest in the growth and development of the information technology and E-business aspect of Nigeria’s economy.

Currently, about 50,000 Nigerians from various Universities, Schools, Military, and Corporate Organisations are empowered by New Horizons Nigeria each year.