FG spends N700m to certify 7,000 Nigerian artisans

By Golok Nanmwa
JOS – The Industrial Training Fund says it has committed over N700 million to the international certification of more than 7,000 Nigerian artisans under the Federal Government’s Skill-Up Artisans, SUPA, programme.
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of ITF, Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun, disclosed this while monitoring the ongoing international certification examination at the ITF Centre of Excellence in Jos, Plateau State. Ogun said the examination was being conducted across 27 states and 28 examination centres, marking a major expansion of the international certification component of the SUPA programme after an earlier pilot exercise in Abuja involving more ...