Training on vocational and entrepreneurial skills should be made free and compulsory at all levels of education in Nigeria.
This was the submission of a former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Emeritus Professor Julius Okojie at the maiden convocation of the First Technical University, Tech-U, Ibadan.
Delivering a lecturer on THE TOPIC, “A skilled and knowledgeable workforce: The key to sustainable development in Nigeria”, Emeritus Professor Okojie said vocational and entrepreneurial skills should be embedded in relevant curricula at all levels of education to aid the transformation of the Nigerian economy.
In an address, the Vice-Chancellor, Tech-U, Professor Ayobami Salami, while noting that the university had produced skilled graduates who were ready to contribute to the development of the country, urged the graduands to live up to expectations.
The Overall Best Graduating student, Miss Adewumi Afonja, in a valedictory speech, charged her fellow graduands to use the experiences and skills acquired during their school years to build a better nation.
The visitor to the university, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun, reiterated the goal of the present administration to ensure free and qualitative education by investing robustly in the sector at all levels.
Radio Nigeria gathered that 63 students in 5 academic programmes graduated at the maiden convocation, out of which 12 graduated with first-class honours.
The highlight of the ceremony was the conferment of honorary degrees to distinguished personalities across the country.
Mosope Kehinde
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