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  • German firm to run Rivers TVE centre

    German firm to run Rivers TVE centre

    The Rivers State government has signed an agreement with a German firm, Zentralstelle fur die Weiterbildung im Handwerk ZWH to manage its new Technical/Vocational Educational training centre in Port Harcourt.

    The Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi and the Attorney General of the state, Wogu Boms signed on behalf of the Rivers State government while ZWH President Holger Puchalla signed for the German firm last Friday at the Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Port Harcourt.

    The new centre will offer training in Fashion design, hair dressing and cosmetics; Construction (brick laying, sanitary/plumber, electrical, tiling, stucco plasterer), Metal work (including welding and marine welding), and Woodwork (cabinet making, carpentry/joinery). Along the line, Mechatronics will be added.

    Dame Lawrence-Nemi said the TVE centre is part of the government’s economic reform agenda to equip youths with skills that can help them get self or paid employment.

    Commending Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for initiating the project, the Commissioner noted that the state’s focus on TVE is as a result of recommendations from the Rivers State Education Summit that held last month.

    “The state is desirous of reviving technical education so as to equip the youths with different vocational skills that will empower them financially. Technical and Vocational Education is one of the key resolutions of the 2013 Rivers State Education Summit in Port Harcourt,” she said.

    Calling on youths to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the government to empower themselves, Dame Lawrence-Nemi said candidates only need to possess the West Africa Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) to be admitted at the centre. She also said that the state will upgrade the other technical centre located on Aba Road stressing that an Israeli firm will manage the school after the upgrade.

    On his part the Attorney-General of the State, Wogu Boms explained that the contract would be executed in phases – with the Phases A and B already agreed upon.

    He said the centre will be operational from next month.

    The President of ZWH, Holger Puchalla said that their aim of coming to Nigeria is promote vocational education, stressing that the firm will bring German standard to the vocational centre so the state has qualified manpower to run its economy. He added that agreement will yield huge profit for the two countries.

    “Rivers State is an emerging state, where economy is really prospering and which is heading for the right direction. But we all know and this is not a secret to the world that economic prosperity depends on qualified and skilled employees”, he said.

    Giving the vote of thanks, Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education, Dr Richard Ofuru said that the centre will afford many youths the opportunity to learn different vocational skills on offer in the school.

    The training curriculum, which will meet Germans standards, will accommodate local conditions and. The programme of engagement, are divided into phases A,B,C and D. Part of the objectives of the programme is to provide trainee with management and entrepreneurial skills.

  • German experts train Osun youths on agriculture

    German experts from the State of Saxony, Anhalt, have started training youths in Osun State on agriculture.

    In a statement, Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the training was part of the administration’s programmes to revolutionalise agriculture.

    He said the experts’ earlier visit had crystallised into “this segment of collaboration of youth exchange, which is going to be in three phases”.

    Okanlawon said: “The first phase of the training involves language training for 48 youths, of which 40 would be selected. The training is expected to prepare the youths for understanding the latest technology in agricultural practice.

    “The second phase will come up immediately after the completion of the language training, where experts from Saxony will train our youths on modern agricultural practices in German Language. The third and final phase will be in Germany.”

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • German experts visit Osun to boost agriculture

    German experts visit Osun to boost agriculture

    The Osun State Government and the State of Saxony-Anhalt in the Federal Republic of Germany are working towards a partnership on agriculture.

    At a dinner in honour of seven German experts in agriculture, held at the Government House in Osogbo, the state capital, Governor Rauf Aregbesola said he was eager to see how the experts could improve agriculture in the state.

    The experts are on a week’s visit to the state to return a visit by officials of the Osun State Government, led by the governor, to the German state in May.

    Aregbesola said: “I am full of expectation of the prospects this relationship will bring to our people and your state. At the end, the potentials of our state would be harnessed for rapid development.

    “The state is full of potentials that can be tapped. We have abundant mineral resources and a rich culture. I am eager to see how your expertise can enhance farming here through the transfer of knowledge by training and technology.

    “I am full of expectations and believe your visit will be mutually beneficial to both parties.”

    He urged the experts not to limit themselves to farming, but to exploit other potentials of the state.

    Speaking on behalf of the experts, the Dean of the Martin Luther King University, Halley, Prof. Peter Wycsk, assured the governor that their visit would lead to an effective collaboration between both states and improve Osun’s economy.

    Wycsk said they would study Osun’s agricultural programmes and suggest ways to improve them.

    He said: “We have come here to give you our best and that is not money, but knowledge.”

    The experts will tour the Cattle Ranch at Oloba Farm, the Iwo Farm Settlement, the Toro Farm in Iwo and the Feg-Agro Farm in Iloko-Ijesha, among others.

    There will also be a technical review session involving the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives and Empowerment and the Osun State University.