NABTEB and ITF has harmonise their objectives to strengthen workforce development and accelerate Nigeria’s industrialisation drive.
The National Council on Skills (NCS) has reviewed and ratified the alignment of the mandates of the Nigeria Board for Technical Education (NABTE) and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to support the industrialisation agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s government.
The Council adopted the National Skills Observatory platform as the foundation for evidence-based policymaking in the country.
A committee was set up to review the policy recommendations on the alignment of Nigeria’s national goals on what should pass as skills development and industrialisation.
The decision was the major highlights of the meeting of the National Council on Skills, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima in Abuja.
In his brief remarks at the meeting, the Vice President stressed the need to align national training infrastructure with industry needs, ratifying the new mandate that aligns with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, Education Minister, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the focus of the Ninth National Skills Council meeting was in furtherance to the mandate of President Tinubu to give more job opportunities to young Nigerians across different sectors of the economy.
According to him, the National Council on Skills, chaired by Vice President Shettima, is reinvigorated and primed to achieve greater results in the interest of the teeming Nigerian youths.
The minister said this council will be focused on achieving and streamlining the national skills qualification framework as well as how the awarding bodies will work.
Also speaking, Minister of State for Industry, Mr John Enoh, said the federal government was making concerted efforts to achieve industrialisation by reinvigorating the skills sector which must be developed through the provision of vocational and related training in specific skills set for young Nigerians.
The Minister also noted that the special skills programme introduced by the Tinubu administration is very important, particularly as Nigeria pushes towards industrialisation.
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, who was also in attendance described the national skills programme as one of the best things that has ever happened to the nation.
He then outlined the programmes currently being implemented and also commended the administration of President Tinubu for creating the enabling environment for sub-nationals to create opportunities for young Nigerians across different sectors.
