From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Vice President Kashim Shettima has praised Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani for establishing and chairing Nigeria’s first State Council on Skills.
He described this initiative as groundbreaking and urged other states to emulate Kaduna’s example.
Speaking at the 7th meeting of the National Council on Skills (NCS) on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Vice President emphasized that the skills revolution is central to the Tinubu administration’s commitment to Nigerians and is essential for fulfilling its promise of human capital development.
Shettima stressed the importance of creating a future-ready workforce, which requires dismantling institutional barriers, enhancing collaboration, and aligning efforts among government, the private sector, and academic institutions.
“The era of operating in silos is over. We must incorporate collaboration into curriculum development and funding.
This is about the artisan in Kaura Namoda, the mid-career worker in Ebute-Metta, and ensuring that technical colleges become true centers of excellence,” the Vice President declared.
He applauded Kaduna’s example, noting that Governor Uba Sani’s leadership and the recent enrollment of over 30,000 students at the Kaduna Vocational and Skills Development Institute showcase a strong commitment to job creation and skills development.
Additionally, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, commended Governor Sani for facilitating President Tinubu’s commissioning of the Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development.
He highlighted that technical colleges nationwide are now being redirected to focus exclusively on relevant courses.
Shettima urged members of the NCS to unite behind a single framework for Nigeria’s skills revolution, warning that “we cannot build a future-ready workforce on a foundation of division.”
