• Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Elanza News
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Elanza News
Home National

FCTA Ready to Partner With Ireland On Agriculture, Others

Ojimaojo Abubakar by Ojimaojo Abubakar
November 7, 2023
in National, Business
0
FCTA Ready to Partner With Ireland On Agriculture, Others
0
SHARES
6
VIEWS
FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailTelegram

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has expressed the willingness of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to partner with the Republic of Ireland in the areas of agriculture, vocational education and ICT.

The FCT Minister stated this when he received the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Peter Ryan, in his office in Abuja on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, on a courtesy visit to the FCTA.

RelatedPosts

“May 2025 Sees DMO Allocate N4.28bn in FGN Savings Bonds, Continuing the Trend of Secure Investments”

Market Highlights: ₦63.79 Billion in Trades on the NGX This Week

New Digital Platform Revolutionises Citizenship and Business Processing

The Minister stated that the FCT Administration would like to leverage the very strong ties between Nigeria and the Republic of Ireland to collaborate in those areas to grow the economy of the FCT.

On ICT, Barrister Wike noted that the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the creation of tech jobs for the youths as one of its major objectives and said that the FCT intends to provide opportunities for the youths in the digital economy so as to reduce unemployment.

According to the FCT Minister, “We think that we would be interested in partnering with companies in Ireland where we can build ICT hubs for the interest of the youths, so as to reduce the level of unemployment. Again, education is key for us, particularly vocational and skilled education, where our youths can acquire some skills in particular areas.”

The Minister also noted that agriculture is very important to the economy of the FCT, which has very vast arable land. He said the FCT Administration will be very happy to partner with companies in Ireland to introduce technology-based agriculture in the FCT, leveraging the expertise in Ireland, adding that all partnerships will be for the mutual benefit of both Ireland and the FCT.

ALSO READ:  Police Commission Sacks 19 Senior Officers, Demotes 19

Responding, the Irish Ambassador informed the FCT Minister that his country has the same mission and similar outlook as the FCT Administration, and assured that he will be ready to connect the FCT Administration to expert teams in Ireland for further discussions.

He explained that Ireland has a cultural hub in its largest chamber of commerce, known as the Dublin Smart City where collaboration exists between all the different partners in the city in the areas of business.

He said the cultural footprint of Ireland is one of the reasons why the country has become so attractive to overseas investors, and assured the FCT Minister that he will also be ready to connect the FCT and its policy makers to the consortium of experts.

On vocational education, the ambassador stated that the head of its largest vocational education provider will be in Abuja in the second week of December and would be at the FCT Minister’s disposal for talks.

The Ambassador also suggested that opportunities also exist for collaboration to promote indigenous tech startups in Abuja.

He said, “A lot of the startups in Dublin are spinouts of the big technology players like Google and Meta. We work closely with them as indigenous startups to create jobs for young people and as you know, a lot of these people are geography neutral.

“They just want talented young people and they want an environment where they can flourish. We can see the potential for it in Abuja. Maybe there is one or two little steps we could take together to demonstrate practical things”, he added

ALSO READ:  Military utilising non-kinetic capabilities to achieve operational successes – CDS

Also present during the visit were the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola, Secretary, Economic Planning, Revenue Generation and PPP, Mr. Charles Elechi, Secretary, Legal Services, Barr. Salman Dako, the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Legal and Multilateral Matters, Barrister Benedict Dauda as well as senior officials of the Embassy.

Ojimaojo Abubakar

Ojimaojo Abubakar

Abubakar Ojimaojo is a graduate of Mass Communication, political and football analyst currently work at elanzanews.ng as Editor. He pride himself as skilled wordsmith with a passion for delving into contemporary political issues on both national and international scale.

Related Posts

“May 2025 Sees DMO Allocate N4.28bn in FGN Savings Bonds, Continuing the Trend of Secure Investments”

“May 2025 Sees DMO Allocate N4.28bn in FGN Savings Bonds, Continuing the Trend of Secure Investments”

by Nathaniel Irobi
May 18, 2025
0

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed a total allocation of N4.28 billion from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)...

Market Highlights: ₦63.79 Billion in Trades on the NGX This Week

Market Highlights: ₦63.79 Billion in Trades on the NGX This Week

by Nathaniel Irobi
May 18, 2025
0

This week, investors on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) traded 2.606 billion shares, amounting to ₦63.785 billion in 77,593 transactions....

New Digital Platform Revolutionises Citizenship and Business Processing

New Digital Platform Revolutionises Citizenship and Business Processing

by Nathaniel Irobi
May 17, 2025
0

The Ministry of Interior has unveiled an innovative online platform dedicated to managing citizenship and business services. In a statement...

Recommended

Anambra 2025: APC stalwart dismisses APGA’s zoning arrangement

Two NNPP Representatives Switch Allegiance to APC

3 days ago
ASUU Raises Concerns: Federal Government’s GIFMIS Bureaucracy Impeding Student Loan Access

ASUU Raises Concerns: Federal Government’s GIFMIS Bureaucracy Impeding Student Loan Access

7 days ago

Popular News

  • Environment Minister’s Scholarship Beneficiary Tops 2025 UTME In Northern Nigeria With 345 Score

    Environment Minister’s Scholarship Beneficiary Tops 2025 UTME In Northern Nigeria With 345 Score

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Association Hails Works Minister, Urges Re-award Of Abandoned Road Projects

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Middle Belt Calls for Restoring Justice in Kaduna, Reversing El-Rufai’s Divisive Policies

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Christian Group Seeks Reversal of NBAIS Certificate Recognition

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Forest Guard Must Remain Free Of Political Interference, Says NCYP

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Connect with us

Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube
Elanza logo

Elanza News is your NO 1 online platform for all news update.
#SayNoToFakeNews
Contact Us

Category

  • Arts & Literature (25)
  • Business (704)
  • Education (212)
  • Entertainment (306)
  • Health (183)
  • National (2,023)
  • News (7,605)
  • Opinion (280)
  • Politics (1,544)
  • Science (15)
  • Security (402)
  • Sports (411)

Newsletter

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Health

© 2023 Elanza News - The No 1 online news platform