Coordinator of World Bank’s State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) in Delta Mr Benson Ojoko has said the project would employ 2,000 youths in the state.

In an interview with the press over the weekend in Asaba, the co-coordinator said in an interview that the youths would be engaged in refuse disposal techniques in different parts of the state.

Ojoko, nonetheless, stressed that the project was being executed in conjunction with the state government.

He said the local government areas in the state were grouped into 160 zones, consisting of 800 households each and 320 graduates of tertiary institutions would also be engaged to supervise the youths.

He  listed work in Oshimili South, Uvwie, Udu, Sapele and Warri South local government areas as the places the youths would be deployed.

Ojoko said the beneficiaries would be engaged for 12 months while SEEFOR project would continue for five years.

Besides the current program, he said SEEFOR had earlier engaged 2,000 youths in the state, who would be soon enrolled in skill acquisition centers.