Vice President Kashim Shettima said on Saturday that Nigeria’s economy has started improving and would rebound in the coming months
He gave the assurance during the launch of the Nasarawa State Human Capital Development Strategy Document & Gender Transformative Human Capital Development Policy Framework held in Lafia, the state capital
The Vice President stressed the growing informal sector and low labour force participation occasioned by the staggering unemployment rate in Nigeria would be reversed.
He argued that President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s goal was to empower Nigerians with globally competitive skills.
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Shettima said: Nasarawa State’s commitment to the Human Capital Development (HCD) Programme, a lifeline for our nation, is built on the collective realisation that enough is enough.
“Enough of the cycles that have held us back. Enough of the legacies of unplanned high fertility rates and alarming maternal and under-five mortality rates.
“ Enough of our vulnerable populations facing low life expectancy.
“Enough of the distressing data on our education system—whether it is the mean years of schooling, the high pupil-to-teacher ratios, or the staggering number of youths not in employment, education, or training.
“The unemployment rates, the growing informal sector, and low labour force participation must be reversed.”
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