Calls for 50% of universities to be vocational centres

A media and business expert has called on the federal government to consider converting about 50% of the universities in Nigeria into vocational centres to enable young people to gain skills in different vocations, writes Providence Emmanuel for Vanguard.

Osita Oparaugo, chief executive officer of Footprint to Africa, a media and investment company, made the call in an interview with Vanguard on the sidelines of an exclusive brunch to discuss the topic of “Disruptive thinking as a tool for entrepreneurial effectiveness in Africa”.

Oparaugo said manpower remains an untapped segment in the country. “Nigeria has something that can equal what we make in oil in a year, an area that no one has tapped into before. The area that would more than equal what Nigeria can make from exporting agricultural produce is on manpower and skills acquisition,” he said.
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