President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday tasked Nigerian universities on the need to give more attention to entrepreneurship training. He said entrepreneurship training in universities becomes necessary in order to produce graduates that will be job creators instead of job seekers.

The President gave the charge on Saturday in Nsukka during the University of Nigeria Nsukka 49th convocation ceremony for the conferment of a master’s degree, doctorate degree and award of an honorary doctorate to 4 eminent Nigerians.

The President who was represented by Chief Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of States for Education, he said universities had a vital role to play in finding solutions to the problem of unemployment in the country.

Buhari said: “I challenged our universities to continue to emphasis more on entrepreneurship trainings so that graduates will be able to become job creators instead of perennial job seekers. I have no doubt that universities have vital role to play in finding solutions to the problem of unemployment in the country.

“UNN being the first indigenous university in the country will always be an institution of historical importance,” he said.

He tasked experts in department of Conflict Resolution in higher institutions to use their wealth of knowledge to find lasting solutions to religion and ethnic tension in the country.

“I know UNN and other institutions in the country offer courses on conflict resolution. Experts in this department should use their wealth of knowledge to find a lasting solution to the problem of ethnic and religious tension in the country,” he said.

Buhari said his administration was committed to continue to address the needs of tertiary institutions by maintaining high budgetary allocation to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND)

“My administration is committed to addressing the needs of our tertiary institutions in the country as I will continue to allocate more money to TETFUND,” he said. (Independent)

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