The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has returned from Italy with a news that the Lombardy Regional government in Italy has promised to establish mechanised farming and special vocational training center in Abuja.
The minister told newsmen today, March 10, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport into which his plane landed, that the key outcomes of his meeting with the President of the Lombardy Regional Government, Attilo Fontana include an agreement to establish a vocational center in Abuja to provide crucial skill training for youth, and a partnership to modernize FCT agriculture.
He said that the agreements reached will significantly boost the FCT’s economy and create employment opportunities.
“Our visit was very fruitful. We had a memorandum of understanding with Lombardy to establish a vocational centre in the FCT where our youths will be trained in skill acquisition, and also trying to establish some form of mechanized agriculture that will create employment for our people, and also trying to improve our economy. So, I think the visit is worthwhile and I thank the government of Lombardy for that cooperation.”
The Minister stresse that his visit to Italy was in alignment with President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda” to attract foreign investors to the FCT.
“You know that under the Renewed Hope Agenda, if you see the shuttles Mr. President has made, it’s to create relationships with other countries, how we can cooperate to improve our country’s economy. So, I think with what we have done now, there is hope that investors will come into the country.”
The Minister had last week, met with the President of Lombardy Regional Government in Italy, Attilo Fontana, who promised that his government would collaborate with the Federal Capital Territory Administration to strengthen vocational education by establishing a training centre in Abuja and also facilitate training of youths from Abuja in Lombardy.
