By Sainabou Sambou
The Proprietress of Vicky’s Hairdressing Salon and Skill Center has advised youths to engage in skills work to help close the gap of unemployment rate in the country.
Victoria Goddard Tamba disclosed in an interview that “everyone can’t be in the office, some have to engage in skill work and the society shouldn’t look low upon them.”
Narrating her personal experience, she said “I used to plait my friends’ hairs since I was in school in St Joseph High School, when I finished my O’ level then I further my education in London where I studied hairdressing. It didn’t stop at passion as I made the dream come true.”
Mrs Tamba said she has achieved a lot in her business and have traveled, and done a lot, also she had helped to empowered some youths to be entrepreneurship.
Among her visions, she said in the next five years she wants to have a Hairdressing and Cosmetology University where students will learn a lot of things and after their courses they will be taken for attachment.
She advised government to also help establish skill centres across the country for the youths saying this will help to empower the youths.
