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<p>Stakeholders in Kano have called on youths to develop entrepreneurial mindset and adopt the use of technology to become self-reliant.</p><div class="VLRSdGhW" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>They gave the advice at a creativity competition demonstration day, organized by Enthuse Entrepreneurship School to mark Global Enterpreneurship Week on Sunday in Kano.</p>
<p>The state Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar-Mata, restated the state government’s commitment to uplifting quality of education.</p>
<p>He said that the state government budgeted 29 per cent to education sector more than what UNESCO approved.</p><div class="pGdInWoR" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Alhaji Mahe Bashir-Wali, the Wali of Kano, urged youths to engage in vocational skill learning, to make them self-reliant, rather than waiting for white-collar opportunities.</p>
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<p>Wali urged Nigerians, particularly youths, to seek for opportunities to build their capacity and make a meaningful impact.</p>
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<p>He also advised Nigerian youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills to enable them to overcome the prevailing economic recession.</p>
<p>An enterpreneur, Dr Gwani Faruk, said in spite of attending higher institutions where people acquired degrees and certificates, it was equally imperative for Nigerian youths to get additional knowledge in entrepreneurial skills.</p>
<p>The elder states man, added that Nigeria, with its high youth population, had the potential to become great if the youth could embrace entrepreneurial skills.</p>
<p>Also, Prof. Murtala Sagagi, Director General, Dangote Business School, Kano, said that no nation could develop without technology.</p>
<p>“It is also important for young people to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, let them have this Nigeria of their dreams,” he advised.</p>
<p>He also called on youths to enroll into skill acquisition training, to further expand their frontiers of knowledge.</p>
<p>Mr Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office, urged students to be innovative and come up with new ideas.</p>
<p>Banda also advised the young learners, who demonstrated various innovations, to present new valuable ideas that would be marketable.</p>
<p>“I urged you to be innovative and find new and better ways that will enable you to compete and thrive in today’s world,” he explained.</p>
<p>Alhaji Khalifa Dankade, the organizer and proprietor of the school, said it was the first enterpreneurship secondary school in Nigeria.</p>
<p>According to him, the school is designed to be Nigeria’s nest and heart of creation and innovations.</p>
<p>“We envisioned a leading-edge learning environment that purposefully and skillfully nurtures academic excellence, enterprenal mindset, and leadership capabilities in young learners,” he said.</p>
<p>Dankade further said that Enthuse Creativity Competition was an annual innovation challenge that gave the students a unique opportunity to acquire and nurture problem-solving skills.</p>
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