Minister of Finance Winston Jordan charged the graduates of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Skills Training Programme to use their newly acquire qualifications to fight against unemployment and to “soar just like the eagle.”
162 graduates of the Caribbean Development Bank-funded programme from various parts of the country gathered at the National Cultural Centre yesterday afternoon as Jordan delivered the feature address.
“A means of your going ahead. A means of you contributing to this country called yours. The unemployment problem that we have is a real problem but it is aggravated by the fact that when you get the certificate you only see the job in the public sector, you don’t see this certificate as providing you with the skills. The certificate that has now built your capacity so that you can spread out and soar just like the eagle,” Jordan said.
He pointed out that too
