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Nigeria’s survival depends on Human Capital Development – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria’s survival depends largely on Human Capital Development.
Speaking through the Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir at the 38th Convocation of the Bayero University, Kano, BUK, the President insisted that his administration will focus on skills, technology and vocational education as core drivers of an educational system that will prepare graduates for employment, and also to become employers of labour.
He said, “This administration will continue to support education because of our strong believe that our survival can only be assured by the quality of our Human Capital Development.
“This is why we made education top priority of our administration.”
According to the President, the Federal Government is building 24 skill and vocational hubs in polytechnics as well as entrepreneurship centres in the universities.
“We are also reviving 970 Islamic Tsangaya Centres for integrated leaning and development of Almagirai system in the country.
“We are also building 91 vocational schools in the secondary schools across the country to ensure that all levels of education enjoying the impact of our policy.
“We are set to inaugurate Private Sector Innovation Enterprise Centres across the country to deliver on the skill acquisition program of the government.
“Our universities are Centres of Learning, which needs to upscale and adjust to the modern day world by repositioning themselves as citadel of education that will bring about development,” Tinubu added.
The President further noted that his administration is determined to continue supporting the upgrade of infrastructure and research equipment in the universities.
Speaking further, be said, “Universities are therefore expected to define their roles and carve out a niche for themselves by designing programs that will assist government in poverty reduction, creating employment opportunities, health promotion, application of new technologies in the advancement of knowledge and prosperity, protecting the environment, promoting sustainable development as well as sustaining democracy and good governance.”
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has revealed one of the reasons he can’t make peace with Governor Similayi Fubara of Rivers State.
Wike accused Fubara of removing a chief in his family and went ahead to make another person a chief.
The FCT Minister stated this on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists at a media parley in Abuja.
According to reports, the statement comes amid the ongoing political crisis in the State, with Wike and Governor Similayi Fubara at the center of the feud.
“Sometimes when you people talk about this peace, you don’t take everything. You don’t just sit outside to talk.
“Look at me, a former governor, Minister of of the FCT, Governor (Fubara) had the temerity, the audacity, because he has money from federation account, because he has more Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), will enter my own family to remove a chief and make another person a chief,” Wike said.
Akwa Ibom state Police Command has said that some locally made firearms have been recovered during stop and search operations along Ikot road in the state .
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state DSP Timfon John and made available to Journalists in Uyo on Thursday stated that the recovered firearms was in a determined effort to rid the state of illegal firearms and criminal elements .
The statement reads in parts:” Operatives of the Command intercepted a Mercedes Benz C300 with customized plate number FORBES JR, leading to the recovery of a locally fabricated firearm and two live cartridges.
“The operation, which took place at the Control Post in Ikot Ekpene, was part of the Command’s intensified stop-and-search strategy aimed at curbing crime and enhancing public safety.”
He said the vehicle had three male occupants who were identified themselves as: Nsisong Paul Okon, 27, native of Itak Village in Ikono local government area ,Francis Forbes, 62 from Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya Village and Prince Forbes, 27, of Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya Village from Ikono local government area respectively.
However, John disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Baba M. Azare has ordered a full-scale investigation into the matter.
“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command reaffirms its zero tolerance for unlawful possession of firearms and remains resolute in ensuring the safety of lives and property across the state”.
President Bola Tinubu has instructed lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly to allow the impeached and reinstated Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to continue leading the house.
The President made this position known when he met with the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.
As reported earlier, this is the first time President Tinubu is meeting the lawmakers since the crisis began in the house January 13, 2025.
One of the lawmakers told newsmen that ” Obasa is staying. We will obey the president. What we had was a family meeting. The President condenmed Obasa’s actions but blamed us for not carring him (Tinubu) along during the impeachement execrise”.
However, the lawmaker said President Tinubu warned Obasa to carry everyone along.
” He also warned him (Obasa) that if there were any future complaints from any quarters, he would be gone. “The President said he should let peace reign; and so based on that, we have accepted.”
On the pending matter in court, the source said: “The President has instructed him to withdraw it.”
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