16,470 applicants registered within 1 hour of opening of 2nd phase of RHEI – DG NDE

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By Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, Abuja

About 17,000 applicants have registered on the first day after opening of the National Directorate of Employment, (NDE) online registration portal of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative, (RHEI) of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

His Excellency, Silas Ali Agara, Director General of NDE made the disclosure during a press conference in Abuja that the genuine portal is: www.nderegistrationportal.ng

According to him, “The federal government of Nigeria through the NDE wants youth from 18 to 45 years to apply online to be able to benefit from the second phase of the program that will consist of 27,000 beneficiaries.

“As you witness the opening ceremony with a demonstration of how to fill the form, the headquarters will monitor the process by the state and zonal offices”.

“We are happy that from the opening of the portal, within an hour, about 16,470 Nigerians have applied.” He said.

Silas Agara said that, only Nigerians that have National Identity Number, (NIN) should apply.

He said the authentic online portal remains: (www.nderegistrationportal.ng ) opened for two weeks from July, 28th and would be closed on August 11.

NDE DG said that the only change from the first phase, is that this second phase wants applicants to register in their state of residence they want to train and not their state of origin.

Silas Agara said his office has liaised with Nigerian Data Protection Council, (NDPC) for the protection of the data of applicants.

In his response, Mr. Edmund Chukwuma Onwuliri, Director planning, research and statistics emphasized that only 27,000 would be trained in this second phase and subsequent phases would be held for youth to acquire skills.

In her remarks, Mrs Steve Ogundayo Olayinka, Director of Inspectorate said 800 centers have been accredited to train the beneficiaries.

However, ICT consultant, Mr. Silas Dudu Nuhu said the portal would not register those that have benefited from the first phase.