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Crafts Village |
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The Katsina State Crafts village is located within the vicinity of the State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp located in Barhim, one of the suburbs of Katsina metropolis. Established in 2009 by the administration of Governor Ibrahim Shema, the Centre is a one Stop-Shop for youth Skills acquisition in a broad variety of areas including computer and GSM phone repairs, pottery, woodwork, tie and dye, wrought iron, welding, auto repair, blacksmithing, photography and film production. The facility is equipped to train approximately 2000 youth in different trades per annum.
It is against this background that the Youth Crafts Village enrols 48 youth from each of the 34 local governments in Katsina to train in their respective fields of interest. The youth are resident, feed and given allowances for the duration of their respective programs (6 months- 1 year).
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