This is a part of an agreement by the government with
Clickafix Academy to upskill and provide employment opportunities to 50,000
handymen over the next five years.
The empowerment academy determined to help interested and
talented individuals develop skills that are beneficial to a wide range of
industries developed a series of rigorous proficiency tests which applicants
were subjected to, to demonstrate their levels of competence in Electrical
Installation, Plumbing and Tilling.
The screening exercise, which was carried out for 371
applicants, had a successful selection of 216 candidates comprising of 163
candidates for Electrical Installation training, 32 Plumbing and 21 Tiling
selected candidates respectively, who will be trained to become employable and
independent.
What makes this empowerment program further noteworthy and
result-oriented is the strategic job and wealth creation edge that the
Clickafix mobile market platform brings to play by providing an interface
between clients and skilled artisans. In what would be referred to as a win-win
situation, clients get access to quality, trusted and skilled craftsmen, and
artisans, on the other hand, enjoy adequate representation and better exposure
to a larger market online and offline.
Clickafix plays a huge role in the bigger picture of human
capacity development by creating an organized sector of buying and selling of
handymen services. With the launch of the program, artisans can be upskilled
within the walls of a classroom and virtually, to become better knowledge about
their craft and refine their branding for networking opportunities online and
offline.
The academy’s technology platform on which all successfully
trained artisans would be on-boarded ensures that craftsmen can register
themselves, upload their qualification details, upload their work details,
select the type of services they can provide, define their prices for executing
a service, and receive payments.
According to Clickafix’s Head Opportunity Creator, Arusha
Goswami, the launch of the Clickafix program in Delta state comes at a time
when conversations about expanding human capacity development in underserved
areas with excess of talents, are beginning to take front row in sustainability
conversations.
“It is time we seek alternative ways of purposeful skill
training through customer-centric lens. With the aid of seamless tech
integration, we can bridge the gaps in the market for enhancement, deployment
and employment of skilled youths. All of these constitute the human capacity
development power of the Clickafix program and its supporting technology.”
Speaking on the importance of the mobile market platform
launched first in Delta state to ease the lives of the state’s youths and
contribute positively to the economy of the state, Executive Secretary of the
Delta State Technical and Vocational Education Board, Engineer Smart Ikem said,
“This partnership with Clickafix will transform the artisans from local to an
international standard certified to work anywhere in the world.” He further
assured that the partnership with Clickafix will ensure that successful
trainees are on-boarded and linked with clients that need their services.
The Governor of the state, His Excellency Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi
Aurthur Okowa, ably represented by the Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Kingsley
Emu, flagged off and launched the Clickafix program, advising participants to
see the program as a life-changing opportunity and stay committed and focused.
The outcome of the Clickafix program will improve skill
technology adoption, expand employment opportunities but most importantly,
usher in a new era of growth and development for the Nigerian Youth. Although
only just launched in Delta, the management of Clickafix has expressed plans in
the pipeline to launch in other states including Lagos state, known for its
high population of talented youths, and a market for artisans and their skills.
The management team of Clickafix was flanked at the launch,
by the Delta state Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Professor Eric Eboh,
the Honorable Commissioner, Ministry of Youth, Chairman and DG, Delta State
Investments Development Agency (DIDA), Chairman, Technical and Vocational
Education Board (TEVB) and Directors from the board, amongst others.
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