The FCT Minister, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has returned to Abuja following his trip to Italy to meet with President Fontana Attilio, of the Lombardy region for bilateral talks in areas of agriculture and vocational training.
A statement by the Director of Press, Office of the FCT Minister, Anthony Ogunleye, indicates that key outcomes of the meeting with the President of the Lombardy Regional Government, Attilo Fontana include an agreement to establish a vocational center in Abuja, providing crucial skill training for youth, and a partnership to modernize agriculture in the capital territory.
Wike said the agreements reached will significantly boost the FCT’s economy and create employment opportunities.
“Our visit was very fruitful. We had a memorandum of understanding with Lombardy to establish a vocational centre in the FCT where our youths will be trained in skill acquisition, and also trying to establish some form of mechanized agriculture that will create employment for our people, and also trying to improve our economy. So, I think the visit is worthwhile and I thank the government of Lombardy for that cooperation”.
The Minister emphasized the trip’s alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda” and its potential to attract foreign investors to the FCT.
He said, “You know that under the Renewed Hope Agenda, if you see the shuttles Mr. President has made, it’s to create relationships with other countries, how we can cooperate to improve our country’s economy. So, I think with what we have done now, there is hope that investors will come into the country.
The FCT Minister had last week met with the President of Lombardy Regional Government in Italy, Attilo Fontana, who promised that his government will collaborate with the Federal Capital Territory Administration to strengthen vocational education by establishing a training centre in Abuja and also facilitate training of youths from Abuja in Lombardy.
