To mark its 5th anniversary, Midramo Consulting Limited, a leading capacity development organisation in Nigeria, has launched the 5th Growth, Empowerment, Accelerate and Recognition (GEAR) to empower 2,000 SMEs for free and equip 2,000 youths on an employability programme annually for the next five years across Nigeria.
The Midramo Empowerment Foundation, the organisation’s arm, will lead the programme in partnership with the Lagos state government and private sectors.
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In a press statement, made available to LEADERSHIP, Midramo consulting executive director services, Mrs Salamatu Odewunmi, disclosed that the 5th Gear Programme is part of the organisation’s plan for 2023, adding that, “We see the youth as our partner in achieving the organisation’s vision of being a preferred global partner in the capacity development of human capital across Africa.”
She added that the programme is the organisation’s way of empowering more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and youths to be better persons for themselves and society.
Odewunmi noted that Midramo Consulting Ltd has been empowering the youth in the last five years, providing technical and soft skills training in various sectors such as hospitality, information communication technology, and the construction industry.
She stated that over the years, the organisation boasts impacting over 100 SMEs and 500 youths. It has provided them with leadership, financial literacy, planning and organising, goal setting, healthy and safe work habits, business plan writing, marketing techniques, and digital marketing, adding that Midramo’s entrepreneurship and employability programmes have been successful, with over 100 SMEs supported through their five-day entrepreneurship training program and more than 500 trainees engaged in economic activities.
