Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has inaugurated the Skills Development Council with a call to members to focus attention on developing a framework that will help in bridging skills gaps among the state's teeming youths.
Speaking during the event, held at the Council Chamber of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Governor Uba Sani restated his administration's commitment to investing in human capital development to enable the youth effectively respond to the fast-changing needs of the twenty-first Century.
He said the state government is constructing three skills acquisition cities in Soba, Rigachikin, and Samarun Kataf to equip youth across the three senatorial zones with essential skills and entrepreneurial opportunities for financial independence.
Earlier, the representative of the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, NBTE Professor Idris Bugaje, who described the skills council as first of its kind in northern Nigeria said it will change the fortunes of the youth in Kaduna State.