Anambra Election: YPP’s Chukwuma Vows To Set Up Apprenticeship Varsities

The campaigner of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) successful the November Anambra State governorship election, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has promised to found Apprenticeship Universities successful large markets if helium becomes governor.

He disclosed this during his enactment with the academics, and different elder unit members of each tertiary institutions successful the authorities astatine the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) secretariat, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka yesterday.

The YPP governorship campaigner argued that the existent world curricula being utilized successful the nation’s universities are nary longer suitable for addressing quality improvement challenges successful the country.

Chukwuma said what is needed are world curricula that thatch skills acquisition and volition thrust innovation and creativity successful assorted captious nationalist improvement sectors.

He said, “Our existent Universities world curricula were fashioned aft the pre-colonial medication system, so, they are not suitable for our modern time.

“After I americium sworn successful (because I americium definite that I volition beryllium sworn successful arsenic the adjacent politician of Anambra state), my medication volition found Apprenticeship Universities successful each the majors markets.

“We volition found the University of Main Market, Onitsha; Nkwo Nnewi University; Ekwulobia Market University; etc. Our people volition beryllium for each the apprentices successful the markets to get skills that volition boost their manpower capacities”, Chukwuma stated.

He said N200billion volition beryllium earmarked by his medication to empower graduates to prosecute their respective ventures

He besides pledged to found a “mini-grid” successful each of the 3 senatorial districts to boost powerfulness proviso for concern growth.

Chukwuma said his medication volition present a 3-Point improvement docket tagged “HIS” which helium explained volition code the pursuing halfway improvement sectors “Human Capital Development; Infrastructure and Security”.