August 5, 2013
Going by the request of the Ogun State government towards the location of Samsung Electronics Academy in Ogun State, coupled with the mission to empower Nigerian youths on engineering and entrepreneurship as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), Samsung Electronics is planning to site its engineering academy in the state.

Victor Odukwe, business manager, Samsung West Africa Limited, disclosed that the electronics firm was considering the location of its engineering academy in Ogun State after the completion of such academy that was ongoing in Ekiti State, saying the firm desired to contribute value to the lives of young jobless Nigerians.

According to Odukwe, the proposed engineering academy is committed to empower youths through provision of skills acquisition in engineering and entrepreneurship that will address problem of unemployment and poverty, as the company has taken the step, as part of its CSR to create wealth for Nigerians to be self-reliant.

The business manager, who received the Ogun State Technical and Vocational Education Board that carried out a facility tour recently at the Samsung Electronics headquarters in Lagos, declared that the board member had taken a right step by making a request for the location of its engineering academy in the state, adding that the presence of Samsung in the state would not only instil skills acquisition in her youths, but would also create wealth.

Speaking earlier, Doyin Ogunbiyi, chairman, State Technical and Vocational Education Board, revealed that the board made the request based on the recommendation of World Bank that required the state to develop technical and vocational education that would develop the economy.

Ogunbiyi said the World Bank recommendation on vocational and technical education, coupled with the state government’s desire to empower jobless youths through engineering and entrepreneurship prompted the proposed establishment of the engineering academy in the state, adding that the planned skills acquisition academy would make the youths to be self-reliant and therefore, reduce unnecessary dependence and poverty.

She, however, commended the business and economy initiatives of Samsung Electronics Limited for investing in the state economy, urging other multinationals to spread their CSR to the state, just as she promised that the state government would continue to partner genuine, both local and foreign investors, in human capacity development.

By: RAZAQ AYINLA

segxes23: Why nt consider another geo-political zone since two is located in the SW,I mean Lagos and Ekiti.
Before you crucify me i'm from the SW o!

Walexz02:
If I hear u well u want them to build a factory where their workers would be kidnaped Or where they would just bomb the factory

Akanbi_edu:

Or where locals would demand that they should be employed, qualified or not.

Chimoski87: Is it today that we have hearing such news, they are yet to put tangible thing on ground. Samsung has misused the opportunity of the proverbial early bird that drinks a clean water. Now I know why they have brought themselves up in the news again. Nonsense, I will always be a member of TEAM TECNO FC for life

segxes23: so the SW is the only zone without this aforementioned problems? Lets have a rethink!

Walexz02: It is well with Ogun state..

segxes23: Why nt consider another geo-political zone since two is located in the SW,I mean Lagos and Ekiti.
Before you crucify me i'm from the SW o!

Chimoski87: Is it today that we have hearing such news, they are yet to put tangible thing on ground. Samsung has misused the opportunity of the proverbial early bird that drinks a clean water. Now I know why they have brought themselves up in the news again. Nonsense, I will always be a member of TEAM TECNO FC for life

Chimoski87: Is it today that we have hearing such news, they are yet to put tangible thing on ground. Samsung has misused the opportunity of the proverbial early bird that drinks a clean water. Now I know why they have brought themselves up in the news again. Nonsense, I will always be a member of TEAM TECNO FC for life

Walexz02:
If I hear u well u want them to build a factory where their workers would be kidnaped Or where they would just bomb the factory