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Lagos govt launches job initiative for youth

The Lagos State Government has launched the ‘Jobs Initiative Lagos’ programme for youth in eight Lagos-based tertiary institutions.on Tuesday by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, the programme is designed as a complementary training for students in final and penultimate year in entrepreneurship, employability and basic digital skills required for the workplace.

Mr Wahab disclosed further that the initiative will run alongside a more robust digital skills campaign ‘Digital Skills Initiative Lagos’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. He said, “The projects are being coordinated by LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited – an innovative development company that grows start-up teams, manages innovation programmes and facilitates impact projects in West Africa”.

 

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