By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has visited the Abuja corporate office of the . Zulum was at a Model Skills Training Centre in the office.
The Governor Babagana Zulum has called for a collaboration between Borno State Government and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on specialized training of youths for vocational skills for entrepreneurship.
Governor Zulum, who stated this on Tuesday when he has visited the Abuja corporate office of the ITF said the training would cover plumbing, mechatronics and electrical installations.
Recalled that the governor has always combined kinetic and non kinetic measures in his approach to addressing the Boko Haram crisis bedeviling the state.
The Governor had in the last two years built nine different vocational skills centres that train thousands of Borno youths to make them meaningful members of the society.
Before going round to inspect different laboratories, Governor Zulum, who also had a detailed meeting with the officials of the Industrial Training Fund.
The Governor was received and taken round on behalf of the DG by the Director of Training and Vocational Studies, Mrs Lami S. Dakwav.
The governor was accompanied by the commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Babagana Mustapha Malumbe, Special Adviser on Protocol, Ahmed Sanda and SSA on Liasson Services, Ali Abba Jato.
Below are pictures of the governor’s visit to ITF:
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