Ready-Set-Work
is an initiative of Lagos state Government to address employability and
employment challenges facing today’s graduates while empowering them with the
right skills and knowledge that will make them Valuable in the market place for
final year students of Lagos State Government owned institutions across all
campuses.
The Governor
of Lagos State Akinwumni Ambode allocated N15.5 million seed funding for those
with the best business ideas among provision for internship slots in top organization like Total, System Specs,
Guaranteed Trust Bank, Access bank, FCMB and Jobberman who will all be on
ground to select students for their respective organizations.
The 13 weeks
programme started its general module session from June 18 – July 9 which there
after the classes where divided into the Employability and Entrepreneurial
module which lasted from July 16 – August 27, after which students of both
classes where told to compete for a chance to be among those who will be picked
for the internship slots of 6 months and prize money of N1 million plus 600
thousand naira for 6 months for the person with the best business idea and 500
thousand plus 100 thousand naira for 6 months, 250 thousand plus 100 thousand
naira for 6 months to the 2nd and 3rd
person, respectively.
Lagos state
university vice chancellor, Olanrewaju Fagbohuin, special adviser to the
Governor of Lagos state on Education, Commissioner Obafela Bank-Olemoh,
commissioner for information and strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, Commissioner for
Wealth creation, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, Energy and Mineral Resources,
Mr. Olawale Oluwo. Also on seat are the Senior County Manager for PWC, Mr. Uyi
Akpata, the founder and CEO of system Specs, Mr. John Obaro, Managing director
of Etisalat, Mr. Mathew Willsher among others, were all present to witness the
pitch and interview sessions of the programme.
In his
remarks, the Vice Chancellor of LASU, appreciated the effort of those who made
the programme a success, the likes of the Lasu engineering and technical
department team who ensued all were in place for the duration of the programme,
the lecturers who left their home every weekend to support the programme and
even the security men and the school cleaners were not left out.
The top 3
Business ideas as well as those who have been selected to internship positions,
by the partner organizations will be announced at the Ready-Set-Work RSW
Graduation ceremony slated for Thursday, September 15, 2016 at landmark Center,
Victoria Island.
THE NATION
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