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Going by the request of the Ogun State government towards the location of Samsung Electronics Academy in Ogun State, coupled with the mission to empower Nigerian youths on engineering and entrepreneurship as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), Samsung Electronics is planning to site its engineering academy in the state.

Victor Odukwe, business manager, Samsung West Africa Limited, disclosed that the electronics firm was considering the location of its engineering academy in Ogun State after the completion of such academy that was ongoing in Ekiti State, saying the firm desired to contribute value to the lives of young jobless Nigerians.

According to Odukwe, the proposed engineering academy is committed to empower youths through provision of skills acquisition in engineering and entrepreneurship that will address problem of unemployment and poverty, as the company has taken the step, as part of its CSR to create wealth for Nigerians to be self-reliant.

The business manager, who received the Ogun State Technical and Vocational Education Board that carried out a facility tour recently at the Samsung Electronics headquarters in Lagos, declared that the board member had taken a right step by making a request for the location of its engineering academy in the state, adding that the presence of Samsung in the state would not only instil skills acquisition in her youths, but would also create wealth.

Speaking earlier, Doyin Ogunbiyi, chairman, State Technical and Vocational Education Board, revealed that the board made the request based on the recommendation of World Bank that required the state to develop technical and vocational education that would develop the economy.

Ogunbiyi said the World Bank recommendation on vocational and technical education, coupled with the state government’s desire to empower jobless youths through engineering and entrepreneurship prompted the proposed establishment of the engineering academy in the state, adding that the planned skills acquisition academy would make the youths to be self-reliant and therefore, reduce unnecessary dependence and poverty.

She, however, commended the business and economy initiatives of Samsung Electronics Limited for investing in the state economy, urging other multinationals to spread their CSR to the state, just as she promised that the state government would continue to partner genuine, both local and foreign investors, in human capacity development.

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