By Muhammad Jalal
The National Chairman of the All-Progressive Congress(APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has emphasized the importance of skills acquisition for Nigerian youths to achieve self-dependence and earn a living.
He made this assertion during the 3-day national conference on skills acquisition in Abuja, organized by the Progressive Institute on the theme: Vocational Skills Acquisition, Entrepreneurship and Challenges of Development in Nigeria.
According to Ganduje, conference focused on vocational skills acquisition, entrepreneurship and the challenges of development in Nigeria, highlighting skills development as crucial for propelling the country’s economic standard just as he pledged to support a national policy on skills technology to drive youth development.
Earlier, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by the Deputy Senate President , Senator Barau Jibrin, promised to help the Progressive Institute’s initiatives on youth empowerment and development.
Jibrin commended the Institute’s pioneering effort and urged other opposition parties to invest in the livelihood of the general population.
On his part, the Director-General of the Institute, Dr. Lanre Adebayo thanked the national chairman of the ruling party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for supporting the Institute’s mission and vision.
Adebayo stated that the investment made by the ruling party would soon translate to the yearning of the Nigerian youth”
In attendance were dignitaries from academia and the All-Progressive Congress from across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
It could be recalled that the iinitiative aligns with the federal government’s agenda of renewed hope, focusing on youth skill development as emphasized by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
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