Bu Chidera Eke, News/Comments
Lagos-The need for resourceful funding and support in the proposed girl-child enterprise and innovation hubs for young women to be self-employed and technically incline in skills development was part of the discussion between Ford foundation and Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.
Meanwhile, the Rector of the College, Engr. (Dr) Ibraheem Abdul, disclosed this at a meeting with the Ford Foundation executives led by its Regional Director, Office for West Africa, Dr. Catherine Chinendum Aniagolu, at its Ikoyi, Lagos office.
He said that the institution is so passionate about bridging the girl-child gap by advancing towards making them self-reliance after being trained on technical skills and entrepreneurship development.
According to the Rector, he said, “we want them to start and build the practice of entrepreneurship as we want to create hubs for them in the college, with our available massive space that needed your kind support. This will help them in whatever they are doing, because we know that we have a duty to make them future ready, field ready and focused as we have already imparted the theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge to operate”. The Regional Director, Ford Foundation, Dr. Catherine Aniagolu eulogized the college for the strides attained in technical and vocational education development, girl-child skills acquisition and the world of Art as a profession.
The Director however encouraged Nigerian institutions to champion and channel resources towards having international recognition and in the fore front of world-renowned educational institutions in order to easily access numerous grants in global space of research support and the likes. Being specialized institutions will propel global recognitions, giving access to support and link to partnerships; she averred.

