“It is important to invest in the development of personnel; there are competing demands for government’s limited resources, but we shall continue to pay special attention to human capital development,” Fashola said on Friday.
“I think it is instructive that the interaction with the students is very fulfilling and revealing. They are learning new skills and human capacity development is being enhanced. He added that apart from self-improvement, there was the potential benefit to the public service because the trainees would be better and more committed officers when they return to their offices.
“So, we will deal with that, the Minister of State, Mr Abubakar Aliyu and I have had a little conversation, so he will see all of these places now in terms of the professional knowledge. He, however, advised the officers in charge of the workshops to pay attention to quality and structural integrity in their productions.
“Also, the engineers need more training and funding; with adequate funding, things will improve in the workshops,’’ Okwudiafor said.