The partnership will train two million youths and empower one million
The office of the Vice President in partnership with
This is in furtherance to its pledge to support the job creation agenda of the Tinubu administration,
Vice President
The delegation was at the Villa to brief the vice president on the progress made in the implementation of the FGN-ALAT Digital Skill-Novation Programme - an initiative of a partnership between the
Speaking on the support and commitment of the bank in the execution of the initiative, the VP said "I will call on you to be above board. You are a good organisation. I want to thank you most sincerely for your initiative and commitment, be rest assured that we will fulfil our own part of the bargain."
Speaking to State House correspondents later in an interview,
"Mr President came out with a very bold and audacious plan on how to revive the Nigerian economy. The banks are key players and we will do our best to actualize this. If
On his part, Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, emphasised the significance of collaboration, noting that "there is power in partnership. The private sector and the public sector coming together can always do more for the people. Mr President's 'Renewed Hope' agenda cannot be achieved by the government or private sector alone as it requires all hands on deck.
"So, we dug deep into the private sector to see how they can actually play their own role. In the first instance, they agreed to partner with us on skills acquisition and in other aspects of the scheme that we plan to implement."
The FGN/ALAT Digital Skill-Novation Programme will be formally launched by the Vice President on 29 September at the State House Banquet Hall,
Also present at the meeting were Tunde Mabawonko, Executive Director,
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