Sanwo-Olu to empower one million youths with digital skills by 2023

The Lagos State Government led by Governor Babajide SanwoOlu, through the office of the Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has kicked off ‘Jobs Initiative Lagos’ – an initiative targeted at young people in eight Lagos-based tertiary institutions.

The initiative aims at providing complementary training of students in their ultimate and penultimate year in entrepreneurship, employability and basic digital skills required for the workplace.

The essence of the programme is to account for the documented gaps in current curriculum that bedevils the employment market and to increase labour employability of graduates in Nigeria’s Centre of Excellence.

Candidates who complete the programme will get an opportunity to be featured on a jobs portal from where partner corporate organisations can select fresh graduates for recruitment.

This initiative will run alongside a more robust digital skills campaign ‘Digital Skills Initiative Lagos’ (www.dsilagos.ng) aimed at empowering over one million young people in the state by 2023 with digital skills, which will invariably position Lagos as the Tech Hub of Africa.

Students in secondary schools in Lagos would have access to well-trained instructors while those out of school would access digital skills training and various internship opportunities as they complete the programmes.

The projects are being coordinated by LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited – an innovation development company that develops start-up teams, manages innovation programmes, and facilitates impact projects in West Africa

Irate youths destroy 150 buildings in Anambra State

•Governor Obiano

No fewer than 150 uncompleted buildings in Oba, ldemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State belonging to members of the Uzodimma Estate Landlords Association were allegedly pulled down by irate youths.

It was gathered that the destruction was caused by a land dispute.

President General of the Udodimma Landlords Association, Mr Frederick Chukwu, who addressed journalists said the land in contention was bought from the original owners by members of the group.

He said: “Nobody told us that the land was in contention or any kind of dispute, neither did anybody come to disturb us since seven years ago when we bought it and started building.

“We were surprised that some people from Okuzu Mbana community, particularly a very rich man from the community, sponsored the destruction of our houses, making us incur losses of over N1bn on the over 150 ongoing building  construction.”

Chukwu urged the state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, to intervene.

In his reaction, the Chairman of Okuzu Mbana village, Mr Chino Anachuna, denied knowledge of the association.

He recalled that they opposed the sale of the land when it was being sold, saying that the group rather connived with the sellers to beat and use the weapon on them.

He said: “The people claiming to be members of the association knew they were in the wrong hands but were assured of protection by the people who were illegally selling land to them.

“We were shouting that time, but they connived with the people selling land to them to beat and use weapons on our people because they compromised all security agents that could come for them.”

Youths In Taraba Beat Up Three Mobile Court Judges, Police, NSCDC Personnel Flee

The judges, three in number, were beaten by the youth while policemen and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps guarding the proceeding of the court at Dubeli Bridge along Wukari- Jalingo Road at Tella town under Gassol Local Government Area ran away as they could not contain the attackers.

Some Irate youth in Taraba State on Monday attacked judges of a mobile court for motorists that refused to comply with the lockdown order in the state.

The judges, three in number, were beaten by the youth while policemen and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps guarding the proceeding of the court at Dubeli Bridge along Wukari- Jalingo Road at Tella town under Gassol Local Government Area ran away as they could not contain the attackers.

The youth, it was further gathered, destroyed papers and other court documents, while money realized from fines made during the sitting was carted away.

Spokesperson for the police in the State, DSP David Misal, confirmed the incident.

He said the police had begun a manhunt for the culprits with a view to prosecuting them.