In a bid to drive the goals of the Human Capital Development (HCD) programme of the federal government, Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday approved the constitution of a multi-sectoral committee.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima in a meeting with members of the private sector including the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Mr Aliko Dangote, World Bank directors, Business mogul; Tony Elumelu Foundation, and others, stressed the need for government and partners to invest in human capital development to create a workforce that is not just globally competitive but also adaptable to the modern demands of the 21st century.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Pate, noted that going forward, stakeholders involved in the Human Capital Development programme of the Tinubu administration will reinforce and harness existing data to ensure accountability and accuracy in the implementation of programmes and projects under the initiative.
Speaking respectively, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr Elumelu, pledged their support for the administration’s HCD programme while calling on stakeholders to work diligently towards tackling the challenge of inaccurate data, describing it as the biggest problem in the task of addressing human capital development.
Our Correspondent reports that the multi-sectoral team made up of the federal and state governments as well as donors and partners is expected to convene every two weeks to review the progress of work in addressing the objectives of the HCD programme.
In March 2018, the National Economic Council (NEC) had at its Special Session launched a dedicated Human Capital Development programme, in response to Nigeria’s dismal performance in all global indexes of human capital development.
