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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"CPCQLHl1" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Stakeholders in Kano have called on youths to develop entrepreneurial mindset and adopt the use of technology to become self-reliant&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"VLRSdGhW" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>They gave the advice at a creativity competition demonstration day&comma; organized by Enthuse Entrepreneurship School to mark Global Enterpreneurship Week on Sunday in Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The state Commissioner for Higher Education&comma; Dr Yusuf Kofar-Mata&comma; restated the state government’s commitment to uplifting quality of education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that the state government budgeted 29 per cent to education sector more than what UNESCO approved&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pGdInWoR" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Alhaji Mahe Bashir-Wali&comma; the Wali of Kano&comma; urged youths to engage in vocational skill learning&comma; to make them self-reliant&comma; rather than waiting for white-collar opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Wali urged Nigerians&comma; particularly youths&comma; to seek for opportunities to build their capacity and make a meaningful impact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He also advised Nigerian youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills to enable them to overcome the prevailing economic recession&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An enterpreneur&comma; Dr Gwani Faruk&comma; said in spite of attending higher institutions where people acquired degrees and certificates&comma; it was equally imperative for Nigerian youths to get additional knowledge in entrepreneurial skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The elder states man&comma; added that Nigeria&comma; with its high youth population&comma; had the potential to become great if the youth could embrace entrepreneurial skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; Prof&period; Murtala Sagagi&comma; Director General&comma; Dangote Business School&comma; Kano&comma; said that no nation could develop without technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is also important for young people to develop an entrepreneurial mindset&comma; let them have this Nigeria of their dreams&comma;” he advised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also called on youths to enroll into skill acquisition training&comma; to further expand their frontiers of knowledge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Michael Banda&comma; Senior Education Manager&comma; United Nations Children Fund &lpar;UNICEF&rpar; Kano Field Office&comma; urged students to be innovative and come up with new ideas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Banda also advised the young learners&comma; who demonstrated various innovations&comma; to present new valuable ideas that would be marketable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I urged you to be innovative and find new and better ways that will enable you to compete and thrive in today’s world&comma;” he explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alhaji Khalifa Dankade&comma; the organizer and proprietor of the school&comma; said it was the first enterpreneurship secondary school in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the school is designed to be Nigeria’s nest and heart of creation and innovations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We envisioned a leading-edge learning environment that purposefully and skillfully nurtures academic excellence&comma; enterprenal mindset&comma; and leadership capabilities in young learners&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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