Connect with us

News

Otunba Ashiru Advocates Skill Acquisition as Panacea to Societal Problems

Published

on

Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, has said that skill acquisition is vital to proffering solution to myriads of social problems facing developing nations of the world.

“For a developing nation that wants to shake off its syndrome of poverty, insecurity, unemployment and other social ills, it must embrace institutionalised skill acquisition programmes in various fields both within the private and public sectors as a vehicle through which individuals can become economically independent,” he said.

Otunba Ashiru stated this at the occasion of 2018 Alumni Lecture, Award and Fund Raising Dinner and Re-Union Day of Adeola Odutola College Old Students’ Association (AOCOSA), held at the Adeola Odutola Hall Events Center in Ijebu Ode penultimate Saturday.

In his keynote address titled; Beyond Formal Education: The Role of Vocational Education in the Economic Growth of Nigeria, he highlighted the indisputable roles of both formal and informal education in both individual and societal life in correlation with national development.

According to him, a number of employers lament about the quality of graduates being produced by educational institutions despite the gradual increase in the number of students’ admission, number of institutions of higher learning and rising cost of education.

Within the last seven years of his stewardship as the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry under the current administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun in Ogun State, he recounted his experience having discovered that one of the constraints faced by industrialists is getting skilled workforce. This, he stated has led to bringing in expatriates or spending huge amount of money to orientate and train new hands in order to sharpen their technical skills. Despite the huge amount spent on children education, parents, he stressed, parents also need to secure employment for their wards unlike during the industrial boom of the 70s when there were several options of employment awaiting graduates.

He noted that education, an indispensable element of which any society can ever develop, h can be acquired through formal and non-formal institutions.

“While formal institutions are those established by the government, non-formal educational programmes, if properly planned and implemented through established centres and institutions that are adequately equipped with facilities and resource personnel will be capable of equipping and producing the required manpower skill meant for personal socio-economic sustenance which in turn will enhance national development,” the commissioner revealed.

Vocational training, he harped, is an integral part of sustainable self-employment and so frequency of training to reflect the relevant skills should be encouraged by vocational educators. He then referred to the 6-3-3-4 educational policy introduced in 1989 which was in recognition of the imperative of knowledge and skill acquisition as key to the nation’s economic and industrial development.

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

News

Army Buries 17 Personnel Killed in Okuama Community

Published

on

By

The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest.

The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja at about 2:26 pm on Wednesday, were committed to mother death after burial rites were observed.

President Bola Tinubu, Service Chiefs and other dignitaries were in attendance at the burial ceremony.

DAILY POST recalls that the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace mission to Okuoma Community were ambushed and killed by some irate youths.

The incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call following a communal crisis between Okuoma and Okoloba communities in Delta State.

The personnel comprised one Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, one Captain and 13 soldiers.

The officers are Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).

The soldiers are SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); and LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290).

They also include LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).

DailyPost

Continue Reading

News

Thomas Yormah Emerges As New WAEC Chairman

Published

on

By

By Eric Elezuo

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has a new Chairman, he is Prof. Thomas Brima Rick Yormah, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Fourah Bay College and former Pro ViceChancellor, University of Sierra Leone as the 21st Chairman of Council.

According to a statement signed by Demianus G. Ojijeogu, the Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Ghana, Yormah was elected during the just concluded 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the body, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He succeeds Prof. Ato Essuman from the Republic of Ghana.

The highpoint of the week-long Council meeting was the recognition and honoring of three Ghanaian candidates with the WAEC International Excellence Award for their outstanding performance in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023. They were Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi, (1st Prize), Master Dzandu Selorm, (2nd Prize), and Master Asenso-Gyambibi Daniel (3rd Prize). The three candidates were selected from 2,327,342 who sat the examination in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

In the same vein, the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for the Best Candidate in West Africa, 2023 also went to Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi. In addition, two candidates from the Republic of Sierra Leone were honoured with the National Distinction, while one candidate received the National Merit Award. They were Miss. Mammah E. A. Raymonda, (1st Prize), Master Bangura Joshua, (2nd Prize), and Master Fillie Sahr Edward (Merit Award).

While the 71st edition of the Council meeting was hosted by Gambia, the next edition, which will be the 73rd in the series, will be hosted by Liberia.

Continue Reading

News

Kidnapped Edo PDP Chairman Regains Freedom

Published

on

By

The kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has been released.

Dr. Aziegbemi, who was set free by his abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Report has it that he got to his Benin City residence at about 3am to the waiting arms of family and close friends.

“I am back home with my family. I am fine. I am just trying to rest and will talk to you later,” he was quoted as saying.

Dr. Aziegbemi, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Esan North-East/Esan South-East federal constituency of Edo State, was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024 when his abductors who rode in two Toyota Corolla cars, trailed him after he left a meeting.

The gunmen overtook Aziegbemi’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) at a speed break as it slowed down along Osaro Street, off Country Home Road, close to his house at about 11pm on Friday night before seizing him.

It is not clear yet if a ransom was paid for his release as the abductors had reportedly demanded a sum of N50 million before setting him free.

Continue Reading

Trending