The Federal government has solicited the collaboration of the government of India to boost Nigeria’s Skill Acquisition Centres, aimed at enhancing job creation.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the request in Abuja while receiving in audience the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Abhay Thakur and his entourage.
He called for the revival of the Labour capacity building programme, an exchange programme between Nigeria and India, which trained a lot of Nigerian Labour Officers in Indian Labour Institutes, as part of technical assistance to Nigeria; which was stopped in 2013.
Earlier, Thakur commended the Nigerian government for providing an enabling working environment for Indians to conduct their businesses in the country.