The Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District at the Senate, Shehu Buba Umar has sponsored the training of 100 youths from the area in skills acquisitions training on solar Photovoltaic installation and mentenance.
At the end of the 4-day training on Sunday, each of the 100 youths selected for the training, received starter packs worth the sum of N190,000 totalling the sum of N19m
The 4-day training, which ended on Sunday with a tour of the solar panel farm at the Gubi permanent campus of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), was sponsored by the Senator representing the district, Shehu Buba Umar.
During the training held in Bauchi, the participants were taken through the various procedures and processes of solar power system installations and maintenance by engineers and other experts in the field
The participants were also taken through various areas of the system by officials from the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for the purposes of certification to make them skilled people.
Muhammà d Gwaza, one of the training facilitators, said that the aim is to give back to the people who stood to ensure that the senator is elected during the 2023 general elections.