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NBTE calls for adoption of skills framework to bridge manpower gap Skills

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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has urged vocational and technical based higher institutions of learning to embrace the Nigerian Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) in addressing manpower skills gap.

The NSQF is a system that affords the informal vocational centres the opportunity to have their unskilled artisans trained at various vocational training institutions without requisite credentials of learning for admission.

The Executive Secretary NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, made the call at a one day sensitisation workshop on NSQF in Kano.

Bugaje said the purpose of the project was to re-engineer the technical vocational sector, especially the technical vocational colleges abandoned for a long time, and to bring infrastructure intervention aimed at providing more jobs.

He said that the board was working assiduously in ensuring that every polytechnic in the country ran certified skills training under NSQF.

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He stressed that each polytechnic should look at its environment and institute a skills training that would fit into the environment .

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The executive secretary added that institutions in Lagos had gone far in terms of implementation of the framework, hence the need for them to take drastic measures towards bridging the gap.

“The future of this nation lies on skills; it provides employment, export of skills labour and many more would be generated if skills labour was well provided in the country.

“In a popular scrap market in Kaduna named Panteka, 38,000 artisans were undergoing various skills training.

He said NBTE had collaborated with the Panteka Market management in the aspect of training artisans so that they would be issued with certificates that would be recognised globally,” he said.

The NBTE boss said the system was aimed to award artisans without formal education a recognised academic certificate, adding that such policy would add value to the nation’s economy.

According to him, the NSQF is a work based award, designed to measure competence in a professional role entailing the proving of capability to carry a particular job to the required standard.

He charged the participants to pay attention to the various presentations, to enable them to step down the knowledge gained to other colleagues for the successful implementation of the framework.

Some of the participants who spoke to our correspondent commended the Federal Government for the opportunity and promised to share the knowledge with others.

Our correspondent reports that more than 100 people participated at the sensitisation workshop.

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Mutiu Adepoju Urges NFF to Retain Augustine Eguavoen as Super Eagles Coach

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Former international, Mutiu Adepoju, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to keep Augustine Eguavoen in charge of the Super Eagles.

Eguavoen took charge of the Super Eagles in interim capacity in September.

The 59-year-old guided the team to qualify for AFCON 2025 with three wins, two draws and one defeat.

The NFF are reportedly still planning to hire a foreign coach for the three-time African champions.

Adepoju however said his former teammate should stay in charge of the team.

“I would rate him very well. Number one, we’ve qualified for the AFCON, which is one of the objectives,” he told Brila FM.

“I would say he has done well and is still doing well.

“They should keep encouraging him. I believe he’s getting things done, I will rate him high, let just keep supporting him.”

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

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The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

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Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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