The Federal Government of Nigeria has integrated
Entrepreneurship Studies in most of the nation’s tertiary institutions, reports
ITRealms.
According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal
and State Governments have established hundreds of specialized Vocational and
Technical Secondary Schools.
In addition, Nigeria, the Ministry said, has scores of Polytechnics
and Monotechnics with the curricula geared towards training students in various
trades and vocations.
Director of Information at the Ministry of Finance, Mr.
Salisu Na’Inna Dambatta disclosed to ITRealms
in a press statement that the recently launched Economic Recovery and Growth
Plan (ERGP) by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, contains a
section on the training and equipping youth with vocational and
entrepreneurship skills.
The Federal Ministry of Finance, he
further said, through its YouWinConnect programme has launched Enterprise
Education outreach in newspapers which it plans to take to the Internet, radio
and television stations for wider reach.
The outreach, Dambatta told ITRealms, is aimed at imparting basic
business management skills for running existing and start-ups enterprises profitably
and narrating the experiences of successful entrepreneurs to inspire
enterprising youth in the country.
Meanwhile Nigeria is among the participants
at the maiden Islamic Development Bank Youth Summit (IsDBY) held on the
sidelines of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Bank in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia.
Ayo Midele/GEE
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