By Sandra Micheals
The House Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education has called for stronger oversight of the Federal Government’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET programme.
The call followed a meeting with the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, in Abuja, where the Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Fuad Laguda, said the lawmakers had written six letters between January 2025 and July 2026 seeking updates on TVET implementation without response.
Responding, Dr Alausa who apologised, noted that he did not receive the correspondences due to transfer of a desk officer handling National Assembly mails, and assured of better cooperation.
The Minister disclosed that over 250,000 Nigerians are currently training in about 1,200 skills centres nationwide, with each trainee receiving N30,000 monthly stipend and centres receiving N50,000 per student.
He added that the programme has been streamlined from 60 to 22 priority trades including fashion design, solar installation, electrical and plumbing, attracting over 1.3 million applicants in the first batch and 1.4 million in the second.
According to him, the President Bola Tinubu administration has made technical education free in all federal technical colleges, developed a job portal to link trainees with employers, and is partnering with the Bank of Industry to support graduates to become entrepreneurs
of the Federal Government’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET programme.
The call followed a meeting with the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, in Abuja, where the Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Fuad Laguda, said the lawmakers had written six letters between January 2025 and July 2026 seeking updates on TVET implementation without response.
Responding, Dr Alausa who apologised, noted that he did not receive the correspondences due to transfer of a desk officer handling National Assembly mails, and assured of better cooperation.
The Minister disclosed that over 250,000 Nigerians are currently training in about 1,200 skills centres nationwide, with each trainee receiving N30,000 monthly stipend and centres receiving N50,000 per student.
He added that the programme has been streamlined from 60 to 22 priority trades including fashion design, solar installation, electrical and plumbing, attracting over 1.3 million applicants in the first batch and 1.4 million in the second.
According to him, the President Bola Tinubu administration has made technical education free in all federal technical colleges, developed a job portal to link trainees with employers, and is partnering with the Bank of Industry to support graduates to become entrepreneurs
