By Gambo Ahmed, Lafia
The Executive Secretary of Nasarawa state Vocational and Relevant Technology Board, Engr Hamidu Kasimu has said Governor Abdullahi Sule through the prioritization of Relevant Technology and the Wing commandant Abdullahi Skills Acquisition Centres, which is a laudable tool for transforming the state into a global Technology Village.
Hamidu, who made the assertion Friday while taking Journalists on inspection visit to all the Departments and Workshops in the Institutions, to ascertain the level of functional equipments installed across the three Senatorial districts of the state by the Governor, in order to train the younger generation to be self- reliance as well as useful to the society.
According to him, ‘”Governor Abdullahi Sule’ s administration has been supportive in terms of Technical Education and infrastructures etc. Industrializing the the state by Governor Abdullahi Sule is key and the Foundation we are Laying in Nasarawa Vocational Centres across the state is also Paramount for the future generations especially the grass roots.
“I still want to call on the governor to give us attention when the need arises inorder to curtail some of the challenges. We will ensure that our Students or Trainees get the best Skills to compete Universally with their counterparts.”
He further charged staff of the three Senatorial Vocational Centres to be dedicated by showing commitments toward impacting practical skills on their respective Students so that they can become employer of Labour and making the state a global Technology Village.
“I also appealed to Staff to breast up and meet the current demand for Technology by working assiduously to make the State one of the best in producing Skilled Students”, he added.
Hamidu however admonished parents to send their Children to Learn various trades offered at the Vocational Centres across the state inorder to make them better undependable leaders tomorrow.
