The Minister of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba has appealed to the beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy Child (PISGBC) project to focus on making top quality products.
“You must ensure that the products you make are of high standards and good quality. Even when you are modelling or showcasing your fashion designs you must keep on doing the right thing, smile and be confident,” she urged.
Hon. Lumumba made the remarks yesterday as the Chief Guest during the showcasing ceremony of products made by students of Nakulabye Skilling Centre in Rubaga Division.The facility that is housed at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Church imparts to the youth skills in leather designing and shoe making, tailoring, fashion and design, knitting, embroidery and hair dressing.Hon. Lumumba commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for the project that she noted will brighten the future of the vulnerable youth of Kampala City by eradicating poverty.The Minister strongly advised students to be disciplined and always to uphold good morals and put into practice the knowledge they acquired especially what they learned about patriotism.“Go to the field and put into practice what brought you here at Nakulabye Skilling Centre and become change agents,” she stressed.Hon. Lumumba was equally delighted to learn that sports has been incorporated in the skilling process that will nurture talents and bolster networking among the students.“You must be friends, help each other to create a market for yourselves,” she said.Hon. Lumumba also pledged to lobby for the establishment of production lines preferably at Namanve Industrial Park that will absorb graduates of the skilling centres and other Presidential Industrial Hubs spread across the country.She further thanked the Assistant Parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima, Fr. Emmanuel Ssenkusu for the space provided to skill the youth.
