Nigerians Have Best Entrepreneurship Talents Globally - Osinbajo
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the college's launch was part of the activities of the Vice President's one-day visit to the state.
Osinbajo said that the establishment of the college took into account the most important attributes of Nigerians toward diversifying the economy through entrepreneurship development.
According to him, such important aspect of providing the right entrepreneurship industrial base as the missing link that has retarded the growth of the nation's entrepreneurship sector.
He said the entrepreneurship sector presently lacked the prequisite skilled certification tailored toward the specific need of the society.
He said that in spite of many vocational and skill training centres across the country, "in my opinion, this is most important project any government can undertake and which must be replicated across the country.
"It took into account the most important features of our lives as Nigerians. We are the most talented young people any where in the world.
"Our young people are talented, they are ready to learn and they are prepared to be entrepreneurs. They are extremely aggressive in trade and commerce.
"It is not enough to just train to acquire skills but to attain the standard acceptable international certificate require to grow.
"So that wherever they go to practice their skills, they will be marketable and work in any part of the world."
Osinbajo commended the state government for collaborating with relevant global organisation in order to acquire the right certification for the college.
He listed one of the challenge facing the sector as inadequate finance, which he said, the Federal Government was tackling with the involvement of relevant stakeholders like the Bank of Industry.
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara, in his address, said the establishment of the college was in line with the Federal Government policy thrust of promoting economic diversification through entrepreneurship development.
Ahmed said that the government was driven by the need to engage as many youths as possible in the value chain of vocational training and entrepreneurship.
He said that the college was already in partnership with London City and Guild, Alfred State College in the US as well as Praxis Atlantis Ltd., in Lagos, Nigeria.
"Globally, technical and vocational training has been identified as critical to growth, especially industrialisation.
"IVTEC offers youths the necessary market structured relevance skills and reliable pathway to economic empowerment in tackling unemployment," he said.
The governor disclosed that the college was open to cater for young school leavers seeking to acquire technical and vocational skills for setting up their businesses.
The others, he said, were tertiary graduates who want to diversify into other fields by accessing new skill as well as professionals seeking continuous entrepreneurship development. (NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Hussein Oloyede NAWOJ Lawal Jimoh TETFUND Talaka Parapo Modibbo Kawu Clement Yomi Adeboye Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Yomi Ogunsola Prince Sunday Fagbemi Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim Freshvine Nigeria Limited Funmilayo Braithwaite Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa IYA YUSUF Maryam Ado Bayero Shero Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye April 11 Ibrahim Taiwo Road Yusuf Lanre Badmas Bayo Ajia Tsado Manman Twitter Olawuyi Olatunji Abdulmumeen Ganiyu Abolarin Makama Of Kaiama Maryam Nurudeen Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore Danhawa Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants New Naira Notes Oke-Odo National Information Technology Development Agency Umaru Saro United Nigeria Congress Party Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Wole Oke Shola Odetundun Abdulrazaq Akorede Bolaji Abdullahi Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Rotimi Oyedepo ANCOPPS Ilesha-Gwanara Iqra Books Aisha Buhari Ola Falade Moronfoye Isiaka Abdulrazak Akeem Olatunji Kola Bukoye Dele Belgore March 18 IHS Adijat Adebiyi Egbejila Iyeru Grammar School Asa Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Abdulraheem Yusuf Taiwo Joseph Ajakaye Lanre Issa-Onilu Kayode Alabi Kabir Shagaya Sebastine Obasi Moses Afolayan Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Ahmed Saidu Rufai Edret Sabi Abel Kulende Share/Tsaragi Kupchi Hosea Maxwell Joseph Offorjama Clara Nwachukwu

