Legislators urge skill transfer from international firms operating in Nigeria

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Benjamin Kalu, has urged foreign companies operating in Nigeria to actively engage in skill transfer to local employees.

He noted that while foreign companies have made significant contributions to the Nigerian economy, the lawmakers would frown at any foreign companies that refused to transfer their skills to the locals.

Kalu said this when he received a delegation of businessmen from the Jilin Provincial People’s Congress China in Abuja.

He added that skill transfer would help Nigerian workers to acquire the technical know-how and expertise required to compete effectively in the global economy and sustain foreign investments.

Jilin province known as a home to several automobile manufacturers, including FAW Group Corporation, is one of China’s largest automotive companies as well as petrochemical industries amongst others.

Kalu said the long existing diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and China via exchange of idea was significant to the growth of machinery in the manufacturing sector.

“Equally in this exchange of ideas, it is important to note your capacity in innovations in your significant contributions to the growth of the machinery manufacturing sector efforts in promoting food security,” he said.

He said that was one of the cardinal points of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu who is interested in reducing poverty and hunger in Nigeria through food security.

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He said the president was also interested in meeting the demands of the growing population, contributing to advancements in healthcare and the well-being of the people.

Kalu also assured the delegation of legislative intervention, by way of strengthening the laws to realise the needed objectives in the technological sector.

Earlier in his presentation, the Vice Chairman of People’s Congress of Jilin Province, Mr Fan Ruiping, said their mission was essentially to seek collaboration with the parliament.

He added their aim was to collaborate with the parliament and the Nigerian Government in the area of manufacturing and technology advancement.