Job Creation: FG Will Partner MTN on Human Capital Development, Says Akpabio

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday assured the management of the  telecommunications giant,  MTN Nigeria, of the readiness of the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, to continue to partner with it in the area of job creation.

Akpabio also said the partnership would cover areas of manpower development through training and retraining of Nigerian youths.

Akpabio stated this while receiving the management team of the telecommunications outfit, led by its Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Mr Karl Toriola, in his office, according to a statement by the Special Assistant Media to the President of the Senate, Mr Jackson Udom.

Akpabio said:  “the entire Senate is highly delighted to receive you and your team because of the contribution of your organisation to the development and capacity building of Nigerians.

“We value your contributions and interventions in the area of human capital development. I welcome more and better partnership with open arms. We are happy with what you are doing all over Nigeria.

“I am happy your network is everywhere  and as I said earlier, as the Senate we welcome your desire to work and collaborate with us towards achieving the President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda for Nigerians,” he stated.

Toriola, in his speech, said his team was in the Senate to formally congratulate Akpabio on his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate.

He said: “We are here today, as a group to pay respect to the office of the president of the senate and to formally congratulate the president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio on his victory on June 13, and to also assure you of our support throughout your tenure.

“We can recall our support to Nigerians during the Covid-19 pandemic.  We were able to intervene in various sectors of human concerns and that was made possible through our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) outlets.

“We have equally been aggressively involved in the empowerment of our women and youths via our different empowerment programmes and we are still committed to doing more,” he said.