Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday commissioned the first Engineering Academy in Nigeria, assuring of his administration’s commitment to giving top priority to vocational training and skill acquisition to residents of the state.
The Governor who commissioned the ultra-modern centre located at Government Technical College, Agidingbi,Ikeja, also presented certificates to 6,467 students who graduated from the five Lagos State Government Technical Colleges after successfully completing a three-year training in 370 different vocations.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony and special awards, Fashola described the event as remarkable and a massive boost to vocational education in the state asserting that the nation’s economy will only thrive if government remains committed to vocational education.
Presenting the graduands with their certificates, he urged them not relent in furthering their education up to university level, noting that it will improve on their capacity and horizon to be relevant in the scheme of things.
On the newly commissioned Engineering Academy, which is the third built in Africa and the first in West Africa; Fashola noted that the centre will go a long way to impact on the technical and engineering skills of youths in the state.
He said the Academy was a brain child of the state government and a Korean firm, Samsung Electronics Company, equipped with state of the art cutting edge training technology gadgets to train Nigerian youths in electrical, electronic, air-condition maintenance and other households appliances.
Earlier, the Managing Director of Samsung Electronics, West Africa, Mr. Nicholas Shin, said the Academy like its counterparts in Kenya and South Africa will after providing training, will also afford trainees an opportunity to work in any of their companies or become self employed.


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First Technical Colleges in Nigeria?

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The article is stretching it there by calling this the first "engineering college" (read vocational college) but I commend Fashola for this development.

I know someone that left GTC Awka some 15 years ago. I have also worked with lead technicians who were once students of Nigeria techinical education board and that was their highest certificate. What makes what Fashola has done 'first'. I think some people don't just travel beyond their village.

We had about 2 of those technical schools as well in Ikorodu. I am also not certain why this is being dubbed the "first".

the ultra-modern centre located at Government Technical College, Agidingbi,Ikeja

equipped with state of the art cutting edge training technology gadgets to train Nigerian youths in electrical, electronic, air-condition maintenance and other households appliances.

So they added an engineering technician center to a preexisting school in collaboration with Samsung. Good.

Anyone got any pictures?

Frank-C:
I know someone that left GTC Awka some 15 years ago. I have also worked with lead technicians who were once students of Nigeria techinical education board and that was their highest certificate. What makes what Fashola has done 'first'. I think some people don't just travel beyond their village.

O boy the thing tire me oo. some people need to travel out of their caves.

First project in the second term, thats good news. But its not First in Nigeria. In the East, there are many Engineering and Technical Schools. I am a product of one....

like i said earlier their parents didn't educate them well everything didn't start and finish in lagos....

Billyonaire: First project in the second term, thats good news. But its not First in Nigeria. In the East, there are many Engineering and Technical Schools. I am a product of one....

So all the fashola commission this and that projects we post on NL everyday were not second term projects? Well, you dont know the difference between your head and your toes because your useless governors are get to commission even bore hole since last decade.....

Please, what is FUTO?
This article get serious K-leg sha

trust ACN and their media hype

equipped with state of the art cutting edge gadgets

Like spanners?

Great

Like spanners?

Most of the bad belles in the last several posts on this thread find nothing positive in this development. Of course their loss of a senseless war they could never, ab initio, has permanently blinded this confused Goebbelins who never even saw the war. LOL...

Well done

I think they mean the first in Lagos.

Although the project is commendable, I'm still struggling to understand what they mean by "the first engineering academy". Yaba alone has several Technical/engineering schools (including Federal Technical College Akoka).

Here's a list of Federal technical colleges on NABTEB's website.

http://www.nabtebnigeria.org/federal.htm

Eko Ile:

So all the fashola commission this and that projects we post on NL everyday were not second term projects? Well, you dont know the difference between your head and your toes because your useless governors are get to commission even bore hole since last decade.....

Borehole?
Not when Nigeria is outgrowing such!