Author: Toju Ogbe

UNIDO Launches $3 Million Entrepreneurship Curriculum Project for Secondary Schools

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has launched a new project worth $3 million for Senior Secondary schools in Nigeria. This project is aimed at developing entrepreneurship curriculum which will help young minds create their own employment.

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The project partly funded by the Government of Japan, will be carried out within the next five years and will target education processes in nine states knowingly Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Katsina, Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo.

2016 Chinese Investment Total: $13 Billion

The Chinese Deputy Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Lin Jing, has declared Chinese investments in Nigeria to have hit over $13 billion at the end of 2016.

Mr. Lin Jing  said China was also demonstrating its commitment to Nigeria’s friendship and development through the $1.3billion Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project.

He added that the $326 million 30 rice mills projects slated for the various parts of the country, the China EXIM Bank funded $984 Zungeru Hydro-Electricity Project and the $450 million loan for the construction of Keffi Road, all point to his country’s commitment to the growth of the nation’s economy.