Textile workers under the auspices of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) have called on the federal government to create more conducive atmosphere for industrialisation in line with the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s regime.
The president, NUTGTWN, Comrade Peter Godonu, suggested that achieving industrialisation goal was one of the ways for a robust and sustainable industrial development of Nigeria.
Godonu made this known during the graduation of students of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) this week. Godonu urged the graduands to be innovative and use their acquired knowledge to overcome challenges of life.
Earlier in his welcome address, the coordinator of the Academic Programme, MINILS, Dr. Sylvanus Adamade, stated that, 20 out of the 33 pioneer set of students graduated.
“According to the approved results of the Senate of the University of Ilorin, 10 of the graduated first set of students had Second Class Upper Division grade, and 10 had Second Class Lower Division grade. All 20 graduated students were successfully enrolled for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps exercise for the year 2025,” he said. He believes that the programme would continue to support the labour expert needs of Nigeria in particular and that of the West Sub-region.
The Kwara State Controller of the Federal ministry of Labour and Employment, Orodiran Bolarin, advised the graduands to see their academic successes not as personal achievements but as contributions needed for the growth of the Nigerian economy.
Bolarin, who represented the minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said that challenges are inevitable in life but urged the graduands to develop resilience to surmount them.
In their separate reactions, the two graduands with the highest scores, Miss Funmilayo Aina and Sidiqat Ahmed, attributed their successes to the commitment of the lecturers and the management of MINILS.
The epoch-making convocation was attended by some labour leaders, stakeholders in industrial and labour relations, and the immediate past DG of the institute, Alhaji Ishiaq Alabi, among others.
