The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele has urged the federal government to extend funding to
The senator said such funds will help Institutions across the nation set their befitting graduates up financially and make them self-reliant.
He said this at Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, at the weekend, while being decorated with the honourary Doctor of Public Administration by Joseph Ayo Babalola University. He said for the vision of making Nigeria a nation that can protect the rights of citizens and boost their potential to come true, the government at all levels must show interest in how universities prosecute their entrepreneurial studies, to add traction to human capital development.
Bamidele applauded JABU for placing a premium on the promotion of self-employment among its graduates, saying this has distinguished it as a citadel of learning with focus and clairvoyance for excellence. “Apart from helping to curb the menace of massive unemployment among our graduates and young school leavers, it also gives them the capacity to gainfully earn income, become financially self-reliant and even create job opportunities for others.
“The new wave of technological revolution and the attendant emergence of digital economies around the globe is a pointer to the fact that nations that are determined to survive must prioritize the impartation of innovative knowledge and technical skills in their young people.
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