November 14, 2023
By News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)
The Projects Development Institute(PRODA) is collaborating with National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) and Enugu government to develop indigenous talent and help youths acquire skills for national development.
Ijeoma Eze, PRODA’s Public Relation Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
Eze said the partnership was in line with Local Content Development Initiative, where PRODA could partner relevant agencies to fast track national development.
She said Mrs Patricia Chukwu, Director-General of NBTI, and Lawrence Ezeh, Enugu State Commissioner of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), visited Dr Peter Ogbobe, Director-General of PRODA, at the institute’s headquarters in Enugu recently.
“Chukwu noted that sister agencies needed to synergise in order to explore ways of nurturing indigenous talents in a fast changing world.
“The NBTI director-general explained that agencies needed to be part of such change as innovation was revolutionalising the world and Nigeria must be an active partaker.
“Chukwu said technology was shaping every facet of people’s lives, hence we must not only embrace, but also contribute to national development “, the statement read.
The NBTI director-general expressed optimism that collaborating with PRODA would also help to grow entrepreneurs and researchers, translating into a tool for national development.
Ezeh, STI commissioner, on his part, urged for stronger collaborations to enable the ministry equip youths of the state with skill acquisition.
He said this would help to curb unemployment, crime and foster youth independence.
The commissioner stated that creating conducive environment, security and steady power supply was key to youth empowerment.
He added that the world was going green, shifting from kinetic to non-kinetic approach to security processes among others that Nigeria couldn’t afford to be left behind.
In his response, Ogbobe told his visitors that synergy and collaborations would move the Institute and the nation forward toward national development.
He also assured of his resolve and readiness to collaborate with NBTI and the ministry, to help move the country from a consumption to a production nation.(NAN)
