By Christian George
At least 40 youths were said to have been trained in Ibadan on ways to recycle waste into wealth by PneumArt.
The majority of the beneficiaries were staff of the National Museum of Unity Ibadan.
The training which was tagged, “PneumArt Workshop” was to impact youths’ with useful ideas on how to recycle waste to wealth.
The convener, Mrs Olaide Turner in her welcome address, said that the essence of the workshop was to help the youth towards transforming waste into wealth, which will strengthen youth empowerment, self-reliance and wealth creation.
“It is pretty saddening that youths are out there with good certificates without any job meanwhile, every minute, every day, wastes are used with no idea of recycling”
“This is a huge opportunity for the youth in the country and Africa that wastes can be turned artistically to wealth”, she said.
In a related development, the Chief Executive Officer of Waste Museum, Mrs Adejumoke Olowookere while facilitating a waste Art project using used tyres as dining tables enjoined the participants to uphold the training, and assured them about greatness if taken the training seriously.
She reiterated that art knowledge is needed every day, and only a creative artist will have higher patronage.
According to Daily Independent, participants at the workshop included an artist with the University of Kent, also the husband of the convener, Mr Moyet Turner, and a columnist, Dr Mrs Adebola Aremu.
Each of the participants were presented a certificate in collaboration with the University of Kent.
One of the participants, Leigh Olufemi assured that the art skills learned will be transformed beyond expectations.
