Training key to Nigeria’s world competitiveness – Gbajabiamila 

The Chief of Employees to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Tuesday, described training because the strongest software in Nigeria’s try for world competitiveness.

He made the assertion on the 2026 Worldwide Day for Training Convention with the theme; “Re-imagining the Way forward for Training in Nigeria: Collaborative Options for a Brighter Tomorrow.”

The previous speaker, whereas delivering a goodwill message mentioned training just isn’t merely one other sector of the economic system however a matter of nationwide survival for Nigeria as Africa’s most populous nation.

“Training is the bridge between potential and productiveness; between aspiration and achievement,” he mentioned.

He recalled how throughout his tenure as speaker of the ninth Home, he sponsored the College students’ Loans Invoice to make sure that no succesful Nigerian scholar is denied tertiary training because of {financial} hardship, saying entry to training needs to be decided by advantage and potential, not privilege.

Earlier in her opening remarks, Particular Adviser to Speaker Abbas Tajudeen on Worldwide Cooperation and Academic Improvement, Abisoye Da Rocha-Afodu, mentioned the Worldwide Day of Training was established by the United Nations Common Meeting in 2018 to recognise training as a basic human proper.

Additionally talking, chairman of the Home Committee on Federal Polytechnic and Larger Technical Training, Hon. Fuad Laguda, mentioned the convention provided a possibility to evaluate Nigeria’s training system towards worldwide benchmarks.