Papka said this in Yenagoa during a three-day orientation training for 90 graduate interns and 10 representatives of firms in Bayelsa State.
He explained that the training was aimed at enabling the interns to optimise their internship period by developing useful skills and positive work habits.
He said the training also afforded the participants, including the firms’ representatives, the platform to share experiences with one another on the opportunities and challenges in the work place.
Papka, who noted that the training had also exposed them to opportunities for life after internship, described the GIS as a bridge builder, which closes the gap between school and labour market.
“I, therefore, urge you to seize the opportunity you have on this scheme to break forth into the fulfillment of your life”, he said.
In his remarks, Phillip Slaboh, a facilitator, enumerated the areas of the orientation to include personal branding, cracking the code, studying and adapting to your organisation, financial literacy and numeracy skills, skills for work place, work ethics and etiquette, business leadership and performance and mentoring.
“Interns have the basic skills. All they need to do is to follow it up with their vision, dreams and aspirations.
And having this at the back of their mind, they will be able to get themselves on the right footing”, he said.
In a separate interview, Elvis Dudafa and Gita Tari-Ere, representatives of Yenagoa-based Dufranc Communications and Magna-Pax, respectively, said their organisations were partnering with the Sure-P to give the beneficiaries work experience.
They described the training as vital, stressing that the interns acquired orientation directly from source to enable them appreciate its essence for career growth.
An intern, Inianga Omiela, lauded the programme, saying it had opened his eyes to issues of skills development, ethics and mentoring which he hitherto knew nothing about.
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