Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Rev Fr Prof Christian Anike has identified job creation and employment opportunities as panacea to brain drain in Nigeria.
Anike, who said brain drain was damaging the country’s economy, advised that the only way to stem the tide was for the government to create employment opportunities and better working conditions.
He spoke during the graduation ceremony by the Centre of Practical Skills, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu.
The project, implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, ICMPD, in Enugu, Nigeria, graduated the first set of Nigerian youths who have completed vocational training.
The Vice Chancellor said the University engaged in the collaboration having discovered that job creation and employment opportunities in Africa remained the solution “to stem the tide of migration, which is called ‘Japa in Nigeria’, the tendency to move away.”
While hailing the ICMPD, he said the idea of the Centre “is to provide workers for companies, so the companies will not have any problem trying to source its workers.
Speaking, the Principal, Center of Practical Skills, CoPS, Mr Niranjan Gupta said the graduates were products of perseverance, dedication and hard work.
On his part, the best graduating student, Ositadimma Emmanuel hailed the Centre for the opportunity to acquire practical skills and experiences in their chosen career, stressing “they have enriched us to become who we are today. We will make this centre very proud.”
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