The Federal Government has said that it will train at least 100,000 artisans in the country in the Skill Up Artisan Super programme of President Bola Tinubu’s current administration.
The FG, through the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, said the programme was part of the administration’s plan to upgrade artisans of various occupations to international standards.
The Director-General of the ITF, Afiz Ogun, announced this at the inauguration of the South-West Secretariat of the Association of Nigeria Artisans and Technicians in Akure.
Ogun explained that President Tinubu’s administration plans to ensure that all artisans in the country are upgraded from the quackery level.
Ogun urged the artisans, who included barbers, tailors, automobile mechanics, electrical technicians, among others, to support the federal government programme, saying that about 29,000 artisans benefited from the programme in 2024 and about a 100,000 would benefit in 2025.