FG to train IGP

Bauchi—THE Federal Government, yesterday
said the Skills acquisition and training

centres in Bauchi State, would soon be used
for the training of Civilian Joint Task Force,
JTF and Internally Displaced Persons in the
northeast sub-region.
The government spoke through the Minister
of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige
during the 12th graduation ceremony of
trainees at the skills acquisition and training
center at the Federal Ministry of Labour and
Employment in Bauchi.
Represented by the Director Skills
Development and Certification of the
Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment,
Ibrahim Jibuya, the minister challenged
graduates of higher institutions in the
country to be self-reliant and employers of
labour, saying the era of white collar jobs
were gone.
He said: “My ministry's renewed
commitment to skills upgrading and
development stems from the realization that
if Nigerians are going to find and keep
decent jobs, there need for improved access
to modern technology, increased utilization
of machines and vast knowledge in the use
of technological equipment. For this reason,
the ministry has established skill acquisition
and training seven centres in Warri, Lafia,
Calabar, Lagos, Kaduna, Enugu, adding that
more relevant vocational trades will be
included in the training and syllables of the
ministry.”
The minister lamented the shortage of
technical instructors in all the centres,
saying efforts were on to address the
challenge along with other pressing needs of
the centres.
Earlier, the principal of the Skills
acquisition centre, Mr. Gbokiss Jatau, said
from 2009 to date, the centre had trained
4,186 artisans that were outstanding in
various fields and established entrepreneurs
who were employers of labour.