Nigeria needs to create more jobs for its teeming youth population. To this end, Vice President @ProfOsinbajo last week inaugurated the National Council on Skills, with a mandate to among other things formulate policies, plans and strategies for skills development in the country. 
“The Council will direct the conduct of regular skills survey to identify the skills gap in the country so that training will be demand-based and to fast track the institutionalization of the National Skills Qualification Framework in Nigeria.” — Vice President @ProfOsinbajo
The Council will also enforce legislation on the use of certified professionals in the country.
According to the VP, the Council, which is the highest decision-making body on skills development in Nigeria, “is a major step forward for us in our human resource development plan”.
According to the VP, the Council, which is the highest decision-making body on skills development in Nigeria, “is a major step forward for us in our human resource development plan”.
The National Council on Skills is chaired by Vice President @ProfOsinbajo
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, is first Deputy Chairman, while Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is second Deputy Chairman.
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, is first Deputy Chairman, while Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is second Deputy Chairman.
Members include: Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo; Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Isa Pantami;
... Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen. Minister Adamu was represented at the inauguration by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.
Chairman of the Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babgana Zulum and the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who represented Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, were present at the inauguration.
Other Governors who are members of the council include Dr Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State; Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo; Mr Willie Obiano of Anambra; and Alhaji Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
The membership of the council also includes representatives of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), ...
... Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), National Universities Commission (NUC), UK Department For International Development (DFID), and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
The Director, Technology and Science Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, is the secretary. //
