• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Overhaul ITF Curriculum, NASENI EVC Pleads With Federal Govt

by Leadership News
3 years ago
in Cover Stories
naseni
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

The executive vice chairman/chief executive of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof, Mohammed Sani Haruna stressed the need for the federal government to overhaul and redesign of the curriculum of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF)

Advertisement

He said Nigeria cannot continue to produce engineering, science and technology graduates without adequate hands-on.

He said the nation can catch up with the rest of the world if it returns to prioritization of crafts, technical and vocational schools and education.

He said Nigerians are outsourcing occupational specialization from Togo, from Cameroon, even Niger and other West African States because schools do not pay attention to skills acquisition.

Mohammed made the submissions in a keynote speech at the Annual general Meeting of the Relevant Technology Old Students’ Association (RETOSA) in Jos.

RELATED

JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Each, Houses

JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Each, Houses

6 hours ago
The Untold Struggle-for-Survival Story Of Bauchi Flood Victims

Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc On Plateau Community, Flood Submerges Farmlands In Niger, Kogi

20 hours ago

He said: “I hereby recommend the overhaul and redesign of the curriculum of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to adopt the model and method of the Relevant Technology for a truly practically oriented workforce.

“In reality, the current ITF is adding nothing to skill acquisition. I also call on the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to integrate Relevant Technology System in the syllabus of monotechnics and polytechnics as well as the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF).”

Mohammed said it was time for the nation to produce science and engineering graduates who will be practical oriented.

He said: “The departure from this noble and effective capacity building method is the reason why we have an incompetent workforce in our building and construction sector, industries and even ministries responsible for service provision.

“The half-baked graduates who had no adequate hands-on were no longer “hot cakes”.

“The instructors and teachers were no longer sponsored overseas for further training to update their knowledge. The long synergy and collaboration with private sector soon disappeared.

“The consequence is that artisan job in Nigeria will continue to be dominated by workers with the occupational specialization from Togo, from Cameroon, even Niger and other West African States.”

He said no nation can develop without technology.

He recommended a return to crafts, technical and vocational schools and education to launch Nigeria into rechnolgical age.

He added: “The only remedy is return of prioritization of crafts, technical and vocational schools and education. A famous saying of my friend and a senior professional colleague, Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education is that: “Skills amd not degrees that matter”

“Technology for National Development is a tripod constituted by craftsmen/artisans or technicians who are the foundation of a pyramid human resources for industrial development.

“The second leg of the tripod is the technologist/scientific officer. They are the pillars of the pyramid. At the apex of that pyramid are the Engineers who are the third leg of the tripod theory.

 


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

APC Sweeps Niger LG Election As PDP Boycotts Poll

Next Post

Ex-agitators To Get Federal Govt Jobs, Says Head Of Service

Leadership News

Leadership News

You May Like

JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Each, Houses
Cover Stories

JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Each, Houses

2025/08/04
The Untold Struggle-for-Survival Story Of Bauchi Flood Victims
Cover Stories

Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc On Plateau Community, Flood Submerges Farmlands In Niger, Kogi

2025/08/04
Peter Obi Calls For Reopening Of Onitsha Markets Closed Over Illicit Drugs
Cover Stories

ACF Rejects Peter Obi’s Reiterated One-term Pledge

2025/08/04
Japa: Medical Schools’ Bid To Double Students’ Intake Under Threat
Cover Stories

Unmet Demands: Nurses Suspend Strike, Doctors May Down Tools August 17

2025/08/03
NLC Laments As Only 6 States, FCT Joined Contributory Pension Scheme
Cover Stories

NLC Rejects FG’s Attempt To Criminalise Strikes With New Industrial Policy

2025/08/03
HIV/AIDS: Despite Donors Funding Cut, NACA Assures Of Sufficient Drugs
Cover Stories

HIV/AIDS: Despite Donors Funding Cut, NACA Assures Of Sufficient Drugs

2025/08/03
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Campaigns For 2027 Totally Illegal, Diversionary — Falana

Trump Knocks India Over Russian Oil Trade, Vows Higher Tariff

2027: No Party Can Win Oyo Aside PDP — Makinde

‘Tinubu’s Harsh Economic Policies Have Erased Nigeria’s Middle Class’, Says Falana

Trade, Investment Flourish As UAE-Nigeria Relations Strengthened

Flooding: Borno Needs Modern Drainages, Not Overhead Bridges, Chinedumuije Tells Zulum

Lagos Gov’t Allays Fears As Flood Sacks Residents After Rainfall

WAFCON: Aiyedatiwa Gives Super Falcons’ Tosin Demehin N30m, House

Gov Sani Effects Minor Cabinet Reshuffle In Kaduna

JUST-IN: Tinubu Rewards D’Tigress With OON Honours, $100k Each, Houses

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.