By; FUNMI ADERINTO, Kaduna
The acting Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe has commended the efforts and vision of the Kaduna State Human Capital Development Technical Working Group for organizing workshop and other activities they have been carrying out in the state.
Dr. Balarabe stated this at the Kaduna State Human Capital Development Technical Working Group Workshop held at Government House in Kaduna.
She expressed delight to be at the opening of a workshop for the Kaduna State Human Capital Development Core Working Technical Group.
According to her, “I understand that this workshop is meant to increase the understanding of members of the state working group on its duties and working relations with thematic MDAs.
“Because of the place of human capital development in national advancement, the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the national level launched the human capital development programme in March 2018 to fast-track Nigeria’s progress.
“The national Human Capital Development Core Working Group (CWG) was established with a mandate to develop a National Human Capital Development Strategy, engage states to ensure prioritization of human capital development, ascertain quick wins at the federal and state levels and institute a robust countrywide monitoring and evaluation framework to track progress.
She noted that in Kaduna State, they have since taken human capital development very seriously.
Dr. Balarabe explained that, “the state executive council created the HCD policy council with five strategic areas which I expect this workshop to discuss. We hope that by focusing on these areas, we should be able to lift our human capital development index.
“For us, addressing issues of human capital is simply investing on our people. By building our peoples capabilities through education, good health and nutrition, skills and economic empowerment, we will be lifting them out of unemployment and poverty.
“One of the challenges for this working group is on how to mobilize all persons and especially critical stakeholders to key into the objectives of our human capital development programme so that all hands can be on deck.
“Government alone cannot take us to where we need to be. You will therefore, need to develop strategies that will ensure more extensive participation of non-government actors in the programme.
“On this note, I wish to commend the efforts and vision of the Kaduna State Human Capital Development Technical Working Group for organizing this workshop and other activities they have been carrying out in the state.
“We are aware that without the support of our development partners, the progress being made in this area would not have been much.
“Our amiable state governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai sends his profound appreciation and that of the government and people of Kaduna state. As for participants in this meeting, I wish you happy and fruitful engagement,” she added.
Earlier, the Special Adviser Human Capital Development, Sagir Balarabe admonished the participants on strategies that will ensure more extensive participation.
He said, Human Capital Development programmes is into entrepreneurship.
“We are planning to stabilize all the skills in the state,” he said.
