Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has stressed the need for government at all levels and other government institutions to focus more on talent and not ‘certificates’.
He said that it will go a long way in not only creating more job opportunities but addressing problems of unemployment which will in turn solve the challenges bedeviling the country.
Pantami who was speaking on during the prize presentation ceremony and the Grand Finale of Katsina National Talent Hunt Challenge in Katsina in Northern, Nigeria, urged organisers of the competition to keep the record and database of all the participants for easy mentoring.
The Muhammadu Buhari IT Innovation Centre commissioned today by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) located in Katsina, Katsina State. pic.twitter.com/YQFsftaqWP
— Fed Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy (@FMoCDENigeria) February 15, 2022
On his part, the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari highlighted the objective of the competition which he said is out to encourage innovation and develop the youth potential talents as well as innovators in the state and the country at large.
He added that the competition will no doubt raise the EGO status of the state and among its counterparts in the country and the world in general.
In the meantime, the Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, Jelani Aliyu seized the moment to encourage all the participants to sustain the tempo and prefer themselves to become incoming world best talents in their chosen carrier.
