Lagos State government, through the state’s Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment has partnered with the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan Atlantic University to train 10,000 women on wealth creation and capacity building and development in the next 24 months.
This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe at a press conference to intimate the general public on capacity building and human capital development training programmes for youth on skills and knowledge necessary for employability and entrepreneurship growth.
The training, scheduled to kick-off in the first quarter of this year, is a collaboration between Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment and the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Pan Atlantic University.
Ajigbotafe said that 10,000 women would be trained within the next 24 months using a combination of online partner-sponsored and physical community learning under the programme.
He stated that the application for the training program would be opened to all youth in the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State, stressing that a seed capital ofN 200, 000 would be given to the best 80 participants who successfully completes the programme.
While enunciating the importance of collaboration, Ajigbotafe said that to actualize the mandate of the ministry in the areas of executing policies on Wealth Creation & Employment-related issues in the state, the ministry needs to broaden its partnership drive and expand its collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
He added that the present economic situation in Nigeria and across the globe, also makes it obvious that the government can no longer work in isolation; hence, the need to collaborate with the organized private sector to actualize her dream of Wealth Creation and Employment for the teeming Youth in Lagos State.
“This informed the Partnership with the Enterprise Development Centre of the Pan–Atlantic University on Capacity Building and Human Capital Development for Youth on skills and knowledge necessary for Employability and Entrepreneurship growth for the development of the state through the Transformation of Nigerian Youths programme powered by the MasterCard foundation,” the Commissioner added.
Speaking about the capacity of EDC to deliver on the programme, the Commissioner informed that the training firm has been in existence for over 20 years and has the focus to deepen the ecosystem, empower and develop the mindset of young people in the areas of entrepreneurship training, creative art, digital and agro-based business sectors considered to be the most attractive to young people.
