Ekwunife opens a skills acquisition and training center at UNIZIK

Ovat Abeng

Former Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife, on Friday, unveiled her Skills Acquisition and Training Center at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka.

Organized by the Senator, the unveiling ceremony brought together students, university staff, APC supporters, traditional rulers and others.

In her speech at the event, the Senator said her main objective of establishing the center is to reduce the rate of unemployment among Nigerian students after graduation by changing their approach, acquiring skills in a multi-tasking, productive enterprise and providing the youth with the necessary assistance for economic and financial independence as well as repositioning training participants acquiring skills in order to train others.

She noted that the fully equipped center will have approximately nine large training offices including; Conference room, ICT center, among others. confectionery, sewing room.

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While commending the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Charles Esimone for convincing her to build the edifice, Ekwunife urged the student to see the project as her own and protect it from external invaders.

She also used the occasion to call on religious leaders in the country, regardless of tribe or political affiliation, to pray for the longevity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he marks his first year in office.

In his brief remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of Unizik, Professor Esimone, while applauding Ekwunife, who is also the current Director-General of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), for the project, urged other God-fearing and wealthy persons in the country to emulate her kind gesture.