Provost Tasks N’Delta Institutions On Youth Training

The Provost of Akwa
Ibom State Collage of Education, Nsit Ibom, Dr Patrick Uko, has called on tertiary institutions in the Niger Delta to run programmes on fishery.
Uko, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Nsit Ibom last Sunday, said that the measure would help to reduce youths’ unemployment in the region.
The provost said that the programme would equip the youth with modern techniques in fishery and enable them be self-employed after their studies.
“We have rivers in our environments and we are still importing fish. This idea of importing everything including fish does not do the country any good,” he said.
He also said that education should not be left in the hands of government alone, “all and sundry should be stakeholders in the business of education so as to meet the demands of the society.
The Provost stressed the need for academic institutions in the area to collaborate with the private sector in utilising the available resources in the environment to create wealth and provide services.
He urged these institutions to draw input from the environment where they were sited.