Nasarawa focuses on agric, technical training

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has said his administration will focus on  agriculture and technical training to create jobs  for youths in the state.

Sule said  this  at the palace of the Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Yamusa, where he received  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who was in the state to launch the Federal Government’s Tradermoni  scheme at  Keffi Market.

He said  his administration had been  initiating several intervention projects  aimed at creating  employment for the people.

The governor said  the state government  would inaugurate a centre where youths would be trained in   carpentry and wielding fabrication, among others.

Yamusa appealed  to the Federal Government  to  review the country’s education system, focusing on  vocational skill acquisition.

The monarch also made a   case for traditional rulers to be given  constitutional roles because of their contributions to national development.

Osinbajo said  the FG was  working towards repositioning the  education sector.

The VP said, “Education is key to economic success, it’s the key to self-realisation and it is  the key that enables a  person to live a dignified life.

“We hope we will be able to get the cooperation of the states. We are going to do all we can to support  all states.”