The Minister of Education Mamman Tahir has inaugurated the National Skill Qualification Framework, in Adamawa state polytechnic Yola.
Speaking at the event, the Minister commended the institution for keying into President Tinubu’s administration’s self reliance policy.
The data released by the International Labour Organisation shows that 12.6% of youths in the global labor force are unemployed amounting to about 74.6 million youths.
Here In Nigeria, about 53.40% of youths are unemployed according to youth unemployment rates released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2022.
The National Board of Technical Education, has directed polytechnics across the country to embark on National Skill Qualification Framework, in which people will be trained on skill of their choice.
The Adamawa state polytechnic was the first to key into this by inaugurating it’s take off with eighteen trades available for training which includes.