Abuja Innovative Hub to Collaborate with Govt to Create  Million Jobs

Michael Olugbode in Abuja

An Abuja innovative hub, ECube, has expressed its willingness to work with the Nigerian Government to create over a million jobs in the area of agriculture in the next five years.

The Country Manager and Managing-Director of ECube, Ilan Lugassy, said his organisation, which is eco-friendly, has planned to support 1,000 communities across the country, as part of the efforts to ensure the success of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in addressing extreme poverty in the country.

Lugassy gave the promise during a webinar on the occasion of the African Youth Leaders Dialogue on Climate Change, which was organised by ECube, a non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the CMPI and the United Nation in Abuja.

He noted that the innovative hub is currently running a pilot project in Abuja, where it is using solar energy to power all its activities with the intention of making the project national, as it will help to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Lugassy said: “My idea is to help the president to support 1,000 communities in five years. It’s large scale and by this, we are creating jobs for millions of people, directly or indirectly. We are improving the livelihood, the economy and the people.

 “I think this project should be a national project, and since it’s a national project, we want to offer a large scale project to support 1,000 communities in five years, and by this we are going to create millions of jobs for people, directly or indirectly, and also we are going to help small farmers, small commercial people, and vulnerable communities to improve their livelihood, to improve their education, health, to give them water purification, portable water and others.

“So we are helping at the micro level the vulnerable people, and at the macro and the national level, we are helping to drive communities dramatically.”

Lugassy said in the area of climate change, his organisation has designed measures aimed at encouraging public-private partnerships to tackle climate change.

He revealed that the dialogue was put together to promote best practices in providing support for rural-urban areas with no access to electricity to mitigate climate

According to him, “We have been working closely with relevant agencies to promote awareness.

“Many government institutions have been here i.e. the Federal Ministry of Power, Rural Electrification Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and other community-based organisations, and every stakeholder has been enthusiastic about the ECube idea.

“The solution to climate change is not just about electrification, our ECube system has been built to provide electricity and connectivity to provide basic amenities for communities.

“By this, we are capable of providing services to various communities, which is a game changer in the fight against climate change.”