Nigeria positioned to tap into $360b global outsourcing market, says Shettima
08 May 2024 |
4:15 am
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria is positioned to tap into the global outsourcing market worth over $360 billion. He stated this in Abuja, yesterday while delivering his address at the fourth Nigerian Academy
Vice President Kashim Shettima PHOTO: Twitter
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria is positioned to tap into the global outsourcing market worth over $360 billion. He stated this in Abuja, yesterday while delivering his address at the fourth Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) public forum.
Shettima revealed that the Outsource to Nigeria Initiative, which he launched recently, seemed to position Africa’s most populous nation as a global outsourcing hub.
“This the present administration will achieve by training our young citizens and positioning them to take up not just jobs in Nigeria but globally”, he disclosed.
Represented by his Special Adviser on Power Infrastructure, Dr Sadiq Wanka, the Vice President said given the nature and scale of the challenges ahead, the strength of Nigeria’s engineering capacity is inextricably linked to its economic and social progress.
Underscoring the role of engineers in writing the rebirth story of the country, Shettima said: “It is, therefore, critical that, as government, we continue to work with professional bodies such as the NAE to ensure that the quantity and quality of engineers meet the moment and match the needs of our national aspirations,” he said.
Earlier, the President, NAE, Prof Azikiwe Onwualu, said speakers were carefully selected based on their rich experience in the sector to provide a sector-based roadmap to revitalise engineering education in Nigeria.
Onwualu said resolutions at the forum would provide major inputs for policy formulation, adjustment and policy implementation guidelines for the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in engineering education.
He added: “The Academy believes strongly that if Nigeria prioritises and uses engineering and technology to drive development in all sectors simultaneously, Nigeria will, in a short time, join the league of developed countries because we would have been able to solve our problems in food and agriculture, health care, communications, transportation, energy and power, commerce and industry and indeed all other sectors.
“The Academy is willing to advise the government on how this can be achieved successfully.”
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