The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has entered partnership with Brunel University in the United Kingdom to support entrepreneurship education in secondary schools across the FCT.
A team from Brunel Business School and the FCT Education Secretariat had on Wednesday visited some schools across the territory to inspect entrepreneurship skills exhibited by students of the school.
The director of Brunel Businesses School, Mr Ben Botes who expressed satisfaction with the presentation, said the partnership would open more opportunities for the students.
“The school we visited so far has shown determination for entrepreneurship. The partnership enables knowledge transfer, access to the network and access to additional resources to support the teachers,” he said.
The director of FCT Secondary School Secondary Education Board, Malam Sani Ladan, said the partnership would bring about the opening of entrepreneurship centers by the Brunel University Business School in Nigeria.
“What we expect at the end of the day is the strengthening of the collaboration and opening of the Nigeria – Brunel entrepreneurship centers both in the UK and Nigeria,” he said.
FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, while addressing the team when they paid him a courtesy visit, noted that entrepreneurial skills were key to youth development in the FCT.
Wike, who was represented by the Minister of State FCT, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, said the administration was focused on building a productive society as youth entrepreneurship is key to reducing unemployment and providing sustained livelihood opportunities.
Earlier, the team lead and Dean Brunel Business School, Prof. Ashley Brangaza, stated that the delegation came to Abuja to evaluate the level of entrepreneurship skills among secondary school students to support the FCT Administration to develop youths.