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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Prof Deborah Odejimi, has called on government to rejig the country’s economy by engaging corps members on three months skill acquisition training.
Odejimi, who made the call while delivering the 18th inaugural lecture of the university, noted that informal sector is key to developing economies with weak financial capacity and large population like Nigeria.
She suggested soft loans for participants in the compulsory three-month skill acquisition training to start a business, rather than seek non-existing white collar jobs upon completion of national youth service scheme.
“The Benin Technical College, Benin City project by Governor Godwin Obaseki launched in 2016 was borne out of the fact that migrants from neighbouring countries were fast becoming trusted hands in tiling, POP ceilings and roofing. Government can sponsor corps members to such institutions for hands-on technical training in various departments,