Governor Zulum visits ITF, Seeks Collaboration on Youth training
Abubakar Mohammed, Maiduguri
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has visited the Abuja corporate office of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) seeking for Model Skills Training Centre for Borno youths.
The Governor’s purpose was to find ways of collaboration between Borno State Government and the ITF on specialised training of youths for vocational skills and entrepreneurship.
The training, Zulum said, would cover plumbing, mechatronics and electrical installations.
The governor also said, ” there’s need to combined kinetic and non kinetic measures in the approach to address the Boko Haram crisis.
The Governor had in the last two years built nine different vocational skills centres that trained thousands of Borno youths to make them meaningful members of the society.
Before going round to inspect different laboratories, Governor Zulum also had a detailed meeting with the officials of the Industrial Training Fund.
The Governor was received and taken round on behalf of the DG by the Director of Training and Vocational Studies, Mrs Lami S. Dakwav.
The governor was accompanied by the commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Babagana Mustapha Malumbe, Special Adviser on Protocol, Ahmed Sanda and SSA on Liasson Services, Ali Abba Jato.
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