Lagos Skill Acquisition and Youth empowerment programme

Skill / Vocations Acquisition and Youth Empowerment Centres

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION  Block 18, The Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. Tel: 08126236822. E-mail: wapa@lagosstate.gov.ng, Website: www.lagosstate.gov.ng. TUITION IS FREE. For further enquiries contact any of the Skills Acquisition Centres or the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. You can also make enquiries about  programmes available at your Local Government Council.

COURSES AVAILABLE AT THE VARIOUS CENTRES:

1.  Adult Literacy
2. Shoe & Leather works
3.  Aluminium Fabrication
4. Screen/Transfer Printing Technology
5.  Bead Stringing & Hat Making
6.  Tile Laying/Pave Lock Making
7.  Catering & Hotel Management
8. Vulcanizing/Wheel Balancing & Alignment
9.  Computer Studies
10. Textile Design
11.  Fashion Design & Dress Making
12.  Welding Fabrication
13. Hair Dressing/Barbing & Cosmetology
14. Wood and Furniture Making
15. Production of Stove, Thread & Insecticide
16. Refrigerator & Air Conditioner Maintenance/Repair
17. Photography

THE SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRES
 Eredo Epe:

Skill Acquisition Centre
Eredo Village, Adjacent to Eredo Local Council Development Office,
Epe, Ijebu Ode Road, Eredo Epe.
Tel: 08056111965.

Igbo – Oye Epe:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Igbo – Oye Village, off Epe- Ijebu-Ode Road.                                               
Tel: 08033538429

 Ikorodu I:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
45, Oriwu Road, Ita – Elewa, Ikorodu.
Tel: 07026853139

Kosofe:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
9, Folashade Ajayi Street, off
Adebayo Mokuolu Street, Anthony Village.
Tel: 08034721168

Lagos Island:

 Skill Acquisition Centre            
Oja Oba Model Market Complex,
Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island.
Tel: 08033486587

Surulere:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Iyun Road, Beside Police Station,
off Western Avenue, Hogan Bassey, Surulere.
Tel: 08080452230

Ejigbo:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Oshodi Isolo,
LASTMA Compound, Ejigbo Road, Ejigbo.
Tel: 08023336257  

Mushin:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Olawoyin Street,
Off Layi Oyekanmi Street,
Palm Avenue, Mushin.
Tel: 08023139747

Egbeda:

Skill Acquisition Centre
Millennium School Compound,
Karimu Laka Street,
Tel: 08023213126

Shibiri:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Shibiri – Ekunpa Road,
Shibiri, Ojo
Tel: 08062476097

Badagry: 

Skill Acquisition centre
Marina Road, Beside Divisional Library,
Badagry
Tel: 08023045263

Egan:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Egan Road, Igando Market Bus
Stop, off LASU Expressway.
Tel: 08039104053

IBA:

Skill Acquisition Centre
Iba LCDA Compound,
Iba.
Tel: 08023964301

Ikorodu II:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Borokini Street
Aga, Ikorodu.
Tel: 08026853139

Ibeju Lekki:

 Skill Acquisition Centre
Orimedu Town, off Eleko Beach
Ibeju Lekki.
Tel: 07041809252

Women Development Centre

Oba Ogunji Road,
Pen Cinema Agege.
Tel: 08023131346

Isheri:

 Rehabilitation/Skill Acquisition Centre
Opposite Sweet Sensation,
Isheri-Olowoira,
Ojodu, Berger.

Other Poverty reduction initiatives include financial and material empowerment of parents with multiple births, the physically challenged and micro-credit lending through micro-finance banks. This will be addressed during the course of training such as the Lagos State Micro Finance Institution (LASMI)