Osibanjo to commission Dagote ultra modern skills acquisition centre in Kano, November

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Vice President Yemi Osibanjo is expected to commission the Multi-million ultra modern skills acquisition center in Kano in November this year.

The center which was constructed by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led administration was named after a renowned Kano business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the disclosure while conducting delegates of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) round the project on Wednesday.

The inspection tour in the state was part of the event marking their arrival for a delegate conference.

He said the vice President was expected in Kano to commission the centre in November

” The centre will commence full operation with five hundred trainees that will be splited into two groups”.

Ganduje said infrastructure and human resources development are part of his administration’s commitment in boosting socio-economic status of the people of the state.

According to him, the management of the center would be handed over to the manufacturers of the machines, who are expected to arrive Kano at the end of this month from Europe.

“Alhaji Aliko Dangote whom we named this center after him has already paid for their upkeep in US Dollars for six years”.

Ganduje explained that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) had visited the facility last week and promised to give accreditation to the center.

On the issue of admission, he said “To make the center more Nigerian, 60% will be reserved for Kano people even at that irrespective of social background, religion and culture as long as you are living in the state Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba you are qualified.

“The remaining 40% is going to be shared among the 36 states of the federation and FCT Abuja”.

He disclosed that the State government had so far spent N5.5 billion on the project pointing out that technicians and instructors had been employed while training will commence by the second week of this month.

The team had also inspected some other projects including the ongoing flyover at the popular Kantin Kwarai textile market, Madobi, Dangi and Bukavu barrack flyovers and Cancer Center at Muhammad Buhari Specialist hospital in Kano metropolis.

Prominent personalities in the tour include DG Voice of Nigeria, Osita Ikechukwu his counterpart of NTA, FRCN and other public and private broadcasting stations across the federation among others.

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