EKSG URGED STUDENTS TO KEY INTO PROGRAMMES OF GOVERNOR BIODUN OYEBANJI ADMINISTRATION FOR WEALTH CREATION AND EMPLOYMENT.
The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Otunba Kayode Fasae has urged students to key into the programmes of Governor Biodun Oyebanji Administration designed to create wealth and employment.
Otunba Fasae who made the call during the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week organised by the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti said that the programmes is designed to assist students in developing a mindset that embraces ideation from concept to actuality with the goal of becoming business owners and job creators.
He highlighted the programmes of the ministry to be Labour Market Information System (LMIS), which serves as a platform providing critical labour market data to students, jobseekers, employers and policymakers adding that graduating students of universities would soon be onboarded to the platform.
Other initiatives includes Ekiti State Employment Trust Fund which would serve as financial support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and reduce youth unemployment as well as Agency Banking which is in partnership with financial institutions aimed at driving investment through increased savings in underserved areas of Ekiti.
The height of the occasion was the presentation of cash gift by Otunba Fasae to Miss Adebimpe Hamdala, an Engineering student of the University as the first runnersup of "A Day Vice Chancellor Initiative Competition" organised by Federal University, Oye-Ekiti.
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