Gerard Izuora
The Foreign Trade & Investment Services Africa, partnering with the Ogun State Government on Skills development of the youths has announced a new collaboration with a foremost Ukrainian University-V.N Karazin Kharkiv National University.
In a release from the country Director of Foreign Trade & Investment Services Africa, Dr Cliff Ogbede, the University which was established in 1804 prides itself as one of the oldest and best Universities in Eastern Europe, having produced at least 3 Nobel Prize Laureates- namely; Llie Mechnikov (Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine) Simon Kuznet (1971 Nobel Prize in Economics) and Lev Landau (Nobel Prize in Physics).
He mentioned that at different times, titles of V.N Karazin Kharkiv National University Honorary Members and Doctors were conferred on outstanding scholars and public figures of many countries including the famous writer and Poet J.W. Goethe, A. Humboldt, I. Franko, L. Tolstoy, P. Semenov Tyanshanskiy and many others. Apart from being a major scientific and cultural centre, the university is an academic hub of Ukraine and rated amongst the best Ukrainian classical universities which has graduated so many professionals from many countries including Nigeria.
According to Dr Ogbede, The collaboration with V.N Karzin Kharkiv National University offers an opportunity for Nigerian students and working class individuals to learn new skills on Entrepreneurship, Agricultural value chain, attracting Foreign Direct Investment within the states and local governments, Health Care Delivery towards increasing average life expectancy, Occupational Safety & Health and courses that will improve the skills of Legislators towards deepening the Nigerian democracy.
Dr Ogbede stated that his organization which is successfully executing a world class skills development program in partnership with the Ogun state Government considered the challenges of unemployment by developing training modules which will help to equipthe Nigerian students with skills that will improve a trainee’s technical ability in a chosen course of study. The program equally affords Nigerians an opportunity to study short term online courses which will lead to issuance of V.N Karazin Kkarkiv National University certificates.
In addition to several benefits, the certificate issued by V. N karazin National University of Ukraine upon graduation provides a gateway for Nigerian students to secure local and foreign employment, access to international start-up funds for new entrepreneurs and opportunity for further studies in the University in Ukraine.
The collaboration will encourage undergraduate exchange program which will enable Nigerian students to transfer their grades from an indigenous University and proceed to graduate in the University in Ukraine.