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Support FG To Create Opportunities For Our Youths, Well-Meaning Nigerians Urged

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Chief Executive Officer of Kayrom Lee Group of Companies, Ambassador Romoke Ayinde, has urged all well-meaning Nigerians to support the government in creating more opportunities for the youths in the society by investing in them to develop their various skills.

She said this a Federal Ministry of Education/IDEA Project Innovation Grant Fund-backed program over the weekend.

The program, which was targeted at youth development in collaboration with Vergold Nigeria Limited, in conjunction with Cadlinks System, where over 700 youths were trained in various innovation development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills, Ideas Project digital skills, flagged off Digital Skills Internship Programme for Graduates of Skill up Digital Skills Training and Business Pitching in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday.

Speaking at the epoch making program, Amb Ayinde said the youths in the country need the help of all to develop their skills, which can put their minds off crime and unrest in the society, and this cannot be done alone by the government but with the assistance of members of the society.

“From what we can see here today, it shows that we have excellent youth with great innovative skills in this country, and to develop these skills into potentiality, we cannot depend only on the government.

“Well-meaning individuals must contribute their quotas to the development of the youth by investing in them, and from what we have seen here today, it would be a viable investment,” Amb Ayinde said.

In a keynote address, the National Coordinator, IDEAS Project, Blessing Ogwu, who was represented by the Innovation Grant Fund, IGF Consultant from the Agency, Ndem Ndiyo, said the initiative was to equip Nigerian youths with digital knowledge that would enable them to participate in socio-economic and technological innovation processes for national development.

Earlier in an address of welcome, the Chief Executive Officer of the approved training firm, Vergold Nigeria Limited, Adejumoke Ipadeola, said the trainees, including persons with disabilities, participated in software development and product design, after which they obtained relevant certification.

One of the leaders of the pitching groups that showcased their application at the flag-off, Reda Ayinde, commended the federal government and the organizer for putting up the program because it increased the participants awareness’ of innovative technology and their experience, which will enable them to contribute to the development of the country.

“I commend the organizer for this great opportunity to learn and showcase what we have been able to acquire here. Their experience here in digital skills would enable them to contribute meaningfully to the technological innovations in the country,” Reda Ayinde, who is the team leader of the Alpha Team said.

Dignitaries at the event included the former rector, the Polytechnic Ibadan, Professor Kazeem Adebiyi, Professor Ishaq Omotosho, who represented Senator Sarafadeen Alli of Oyo South, Open Salami, security experts and others.

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