Nigerian Graduates’ve Degrees Without Skills–Alia
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Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has decried the high level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria, saying skill acquisition and entrepreneurship were critical towards tackling the menace.
Alia stated this on Thursday when he paid a solidarity visit to the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, in Abuja.
The Governor said what he discovered as responsible for high rate of unemployment in Nigeria is that a lot of degrees have been acquired by youths in the country but the skills are not attached to those degrees.
“This is one of the reasons why both graduates and those who have not attended the four walls of education roam the street across the nation,” he said.
He noted that his administration would give education top priority in Benue, seeking partnership with the Fund to boost the quality of tertiary education delivery in Benue.
Alia said his administration would go back to the drawing board in a bid to revitalise education, adding that tertiary institutions in Benue were known for quality and scholarship in the time past and emphasised that the lost glory would be restored.
NGF to back Abbas After meeting Bola–Dapo
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Governors across party lines have keyed into the choice of Senator Godswill Akpabio, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas (PhD), Senator Barau Jibrin and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the presiding officers of the incoming 10th Assembly,
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum resolved to adopt Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, respectively, after the meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
How DSS’ Attempt To Arrest Anambra Lawmaker Was Foiled
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There was drama at the Anambra State House of Assembly when armed operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) tried to whisk away a member-elect on Thursday.
The armed men drove into the Assembly complex in three vehicles and grabbed the member-elect for Nnewi North constituency, Mr Onyekachukwu Ike.
He was picked up after participating in a valedictory thanksgiving mass for the seventh Assembly.
The operatives bundled him into their vehicle and were trying to drive out of the Assembly complex when security personnel quickly blocked and locked the exit gate of the chamber.
PDP: We Are Interested In Leading National Assembly
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The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared interest in the 10th Assembly leadership race.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party, said PDP is not unmindful of the fact that all the opposition parties put together have a clear majority in the National Assembly.
He said PDP is ready to maximize that opportunity.
Ologunagba said: “With regard to the current race for the Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, it is instructive to note that the opposition parties put together form a strong majority in the National Assembly and we are very mindful of that.
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