REPS MOVE TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH SKILL ACQUISITION
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has called for technical skills development among citizens to address employment and its attendant challenges in the country.
Abbas made the call on Monday at the inauguration of the House Committee on Polytechnic and Higher Technical Education in Abuja.
Represented by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, Abbas said that the world of Information and Technology has now shown that skills are not only triumphing but it boundless possibilities continue to wow the generation.
He added that a cursory look at the statistics from International Labour Organization (ILO), estimates that about 75 million young people in Nigeria are unemployed.
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