Three Technical Colleges in Ekiti State have benefitted from the World Bank assisted IDEAS project to the tune of over $250,000 (over 105 million naira) each to enhance their capacities to produce relevant skills for the formal and informal sectors.
Presenting the cheques to the benefitting colleges at an elaborate ceremony in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday,
Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi said the success of the project depends largely on the perception of all Ekiti people, especially the three host communities.
He implored everyone to embrace it and partake in the activities so that many people can benefit from the intervention.
The benefitting colleges were Government Technical Colleges, Otun, Government Technical College, Ijero and Government technical College, Igbara Odo, and this further assured the people that the administration is more committed to providing enabling environment for developmental projects in the State hence charged all partakers to adhere strictly to all the Bank’s guidelines in the course of project implementation.
Fayemi said the World Bank IDEAS project would assist the state to accelerate programmes targeted at youth empowerment, and training of teachers to impact technical education knowledge with private sector’s collaboration.
He said the enrolment in all the six Technical Colleges in the state, which was barely 700 in 2018 is currently put at about 2,500, adding that this was achieved through constant sensitization and all round improvement in the colleges.
He also noted that the state would continue to promote sustainable development through the use of “our brilliant hands to keep pace with the dynamic technological trend in the world by helping to reduce the saturated labour market and escalated poverty rate of citizens.”
The Governor expressed his appreciation to the officials of the World Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria for much of their developmental projects from which Ekiti State is a prime beneficiary.
Ekiti was one of the six states in Nigeria and the only state in the Southwest that is participating in the project.
“IDEAS is a World Bank assisted project that is designed to fill skill gaps at both the public and private sectors. Ekiti State is one of the six benefitting states. The facilities at the Government Technical Colleges at Igbara Odo, Ijero and Otun will be upgraded and modernised. In addition, all the teachers and instructors will be adequately trained, so also in the private sector, skills of Master Craft Persons and their apprentices will be enhanced.
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