Minister of State for Works and Housing, Engineer Abubakar D. Aliyu, has said the Sector Skills Council would address the challenges of skills gap, skills supply, skills quality and skills demand of the building sector in the construction industry.
The minister disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while inaugurating the council headed by the Managing Director of Borini Prono & Co Nig Ltd, Engineer Gianfranco Albertazzi.
The mandate of the council, the minister said, include the establishment and maintenance of strategy for the coordination and incorporation of emerging trends in skills development; development of competency standards and qualifications; developing a sector skill development plan and maintenance of skill inventory; influence how training is delivered in Nigeria; productivity improvement and consistency in reducing skills gaps and shortages.
Engr Aliyu said the council is also expected to inherit the National Occupational Standards in some critical trades, a labour market information system and a secretariat with modest personnel from the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON).
Chairman of the council Engineer Albertazzi said the council will do Nigeria proud by qualifying and equipping a very large number of citizens to contribute more consciously to the county’s development as well as create an informed middle class, trained in the art of building.
