MANZINI: Sifiso Khumalo, the Attorney General(AG) says the ongoing United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Youth Empowerment Programme will enhance job creation for the benefit of young people.
Addressing the media during a tour here at the Manzini Industrial Training Centre (MITC) on Tuesday morning,where ninety(90) young people are undertaking artisanal skills training as part of the Eswatini Youth Empowerment Programme (EYEP), the AG said “with the skills they are acquiring” now, they can be self-employed.
“If they are attached to industries after graduating that would great. But even if they don’t get employed, with the skills they are acquiring now, they can be self-employed or form associations and create jobs for themselves,” said the Attorney General(AG).
The tour was attended by, among others, Dr Thambo Gina, the Minister of Economic Planning and Development and UNDP Resident Representative, Rose Ssebatindira.
AG Sifiso Khumalo.