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NDE to rehabilitate moribund skill centres

Ismail Abdulaziz
Jun, Thu, 2025

Foreign

NDE to rehabilitate moribund skill centres

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By Joan Nwagwu

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it will rehabilitate the agency’s non-functioning skill acquisition centres across the country.

Mr Silas Agara, the Director General of NDE, said this on the sidelines of the ongoing 113th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday.

Agara said that the agency was making tremendous efforts to rehabilitate the skill acquisition centres.

“Not all the skill centres are functioning and that is very correct. We are taking statistics of those that are not functioning and we have taken statistics of other partners that have up to date effective skill centres nationwide.

“NDE alone cannot do it all. NDE alone cannot play the monopoly of training unemployed youths in the country.

“We are taking statistics of centres owned by other agencies and owned by state governments and there is need for collaboration because these centres are built for unemployed persons and they should be able to benefit.

“So it is for us to be able to design our programmes and look at the timing.

“NDE will redesign its programmes so that those that have built those centres we don’t denied them the opportunity of using those centres for the purpose of what they developed it for,” he said.

He said that the mode of operation of the agency was being reviewed in order for it to serve the purpose of which it was created.

“We have to change the way that the NDE operates, and move it to digital that is the only way beneficiaries can access what you are doing not like the analogue methods where forms are distributed to beneficiaries.

“We have begun to address that situation where you have to log in and upload all your details, and your account details are there, BVN, and it makes it difficult for beneficiaries to be recycled.”

He also said that the NDE has so far trained 93,000 Nigerians this year to be self-reliant, adding that the agency was developing a monitoring system to access the progress made by these trainees.

“It is not perfect yet, but it is work in progress. We are able to track people that we trained and we are able to track items that we distribute to the trainees and the utilisation of those items.

“Also, those that are given soft loan facilities because we have their records we are also able to monitor the payment process.

“We are moving on to the next step. Hopefully by the end of this June, we should be able to come out with packages for beneficiaries,” he said.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz

Rabi'u Sani Ali
Jun, Tue, 2025

Education

NTI mulls 774 study centres

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By Moses Kolo

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) plans to establish study centres in the 774 local government areas in Nigeria.

Its Director/Chief Executive, Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.

She said the study centres would be fully equipped and staffed to enhance its operations, as part of efforts to make its services accessible to Nigerians irrespective of their places of domicile.

“Already, we have state-of-the-art zonal and state centres, and we will leverage on this feat to make the planned LGA centres to succeed,” she said.

According to Sani-Daura, the institute is fully committed to ensuring that Nigerian teachers upgrade their capacities.

”Everybody can update and improve his or her capacity. We are out to ensure that Nigerian teachers achieve this in no distant time.”

This, she said, was extremely imperative so that teachers would not lag behind, and make them to be in tune with extant global trends in teaching and learning.

Sani-Daura highlighted that the world has moved on, leveraging on emerging technologies, new teaching and learning methods, hence teachers in Nigeria must urgently catch up with the world.

She reiterated commitment to transform the NTI into a world-class teacher training institution in line with its statutory mandates.

The director said the institute had commenced the award of Degrees, Post-Graduate Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Education in affiliation with universities like ABU Zaria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, University of Maiduguri and the Nmadi Azikiwe University, among others.

Sani-Daura stressed that education is critical to providing plausible solutions to the problems bedevilling Nigeria.

“Yes, with proper attention given to the education sector at all levels, we will get solutions to all our problems including crimes and criminality.” (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani

NTI to create study centres in 774 LGAs- Director

Ismail Abdulaziz
Jun, Mon, 2025

Education

NTI to create study centres in 774 LGAs- Director

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By Moses Kolo

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) plans to establish study centres in all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, according to its Director and Chief Executive, Prof. Sadiya Sani-Daura.

Sani-Daura disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna in a special interview to mark the two years anniversary of President Bola Tinubu.

The director said that these study centres would be fully equipped and adequately staffed so that they can function effectively.

“This move is part of our modest efforts to make NTI easily accessible by all Nigerians no matter their places of domicile.

“Already, we have state-of-the-art zonal and state centres and we will leverage on this feat to make the planned LGA centres succeed.”

According to Sani-Daura, the institute is fully committed to ensuring that all teachers in the country fully upgrade their capacities.

She added: ”Everybody can update and improve his or her capacity. We are out to ensure that all Nigerian teachers achieve this in no distant time.”

This, she said, was extremely imperative so that teachers in Nigeria would not lag behind, saying “this is to make them to be in tune with extant global trends in teaching and learning.

“The world has moved on, leveraging on emerging technologies, new teaching and learning methods, hence teachers in Nigeria must urgently catch up with the world.”

Meanwhile, Sani-Daura has vowed to make NTI the truly world-class teacher training institution that it ought to be in line with its statutory mandates.

To this effect, the director disclosed that it has since commenced the award of Degrees, Post-Graduate Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Education.

According to her, this is being done in affiliation with some Universities like ABU Zaria, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, University of Maiduguri and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, among others.

“Education is very critical to providing plausible solutions to practically all the seemingly formidable problems plaguing Nigeria.

“Yes, with proper attention given to the education sector at all levels, we will get solutions to all our problems including crimes and criminality.”(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani