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Stakeholders urge youths to develop entrepreneurial mindset 

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Stakeholders in Kano have called on youths to develop entrepreneurial mindset and adopt the use of technology to become self-reliant.

They gave the advice at a creativity competition demonstration day, organized by Enthuse Entrepreneurship School to mark Global Enterpreneurship Week on Sunday in Kano.

The state Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar-Mata, restated the state government’s commitment to uplifting quality of education.

He said that the state government budgeted 29 per cent to education sector more than what UNESCO approved.

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.

Wali urged Nigerians, particularly youths, to seek for opportunities to build their capacity and make a meaningful impact.

He also advised Nigerian youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills to enable them to overcome the prevailing economic recession.

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.

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.

Also, Prof. Murtala Sagagi, Director General, Dangote Business School, Kano, said that no nation could develop without technology.

“It is also important for young people to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, let them have this Nigeria of their dreams,” he advised.

He also called on youths to enroll into skill acquisition training, to further expand their frontiers of knowledge.

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.

Banda also advised the young learners, who demonstrated various innovations, to present new valuable ideas that would be marketable.

“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.

Alhaji Khalifa Dankade, the organizer and proprietor of the school, said it was the first enterpreneurship secondary school in Nigeria.

According to him, the school is designed to be Nigeria’s nest and heart of creation and innovations.

“We envisioned a leading-edge learning environment that purposefully and skillfully nurtures academic excellence, enterprenal mindset, and leadership capabilities in young learners,” he said.

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.

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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.

All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.

The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.

The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.

The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.

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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences

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By Salisu Baso

As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.

The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.

He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.

On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.

 

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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest

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President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .

 

The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.

The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.

Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.

“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.

 

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