By Murtala Muhammad <\/p>\n
Wunti Al-Khair Foundation has trained and empowered six hundred youth from across Bauchi State under its 2025 edition of Skills for Employability Programme.<\/p>\n
The programme, themed \u201cBeyond Degrees: Building Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills for a Changing World,\u201d equipped participants with practical tools to thrive in today\u2019s fast-changing labour market.<\/p>\n
It encouraged participants to embrace entrepreneurship as a sustainable path to livelihood while developing innovative thinking and adaptability to meet contemporary employment demands.<\/p>\n
In a Keynote address, Director of the Centre for Career Services, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Malam Murtala Muhammad Alamai, stressed the importance of flexible skills and entrepreneurial courage in a dynamic economy.<\/p>\n
Director of Programmes at Wunti Al-Khair Foundation, Ango Mustapha, said the event aimed to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and employability by inspiring youth to create opportunities.<\/p>\n
The event featured a Hausa-language business pitching competition, where five potential entrepreneurs shared a total of \u20a6750,000 in non-refundable seed grants to improve their business ventures.<\/p>\n
Similarly, twenty small businesses received full sponsorship for Corporate Affairs Commission registration to formalise their operations and enhance access to financial and institutional opportunities.<\/p>\n
The foundation also awarded five fully-funded scholarships for Master\u2019s and Postgraduate Diploma studies in Bauchi-based institutions to promote advanced, knowledge-driven leadership among youths.<\/p>\n
Experts including Gbade Alkebulan, Elijah Moses and Seun Onarinde made mentorship presentations on communication and personal branding, global and local job opportunities and volunteering as a path to employment.<\/p>\n
Highlights of the event were two panel discussions with notable professionals serving as panellists and moderated by Ango Mustapha and Samuel Femi Rasheed.<\/p>\n
The discourse focused on Entrepreneurship Success Stories, Employability and Enterprise, where discussants shared insights on transforming ideas into thriving ventures and employers\u2019 expectations within Nigeria\u2019s business landscape and labour market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Murtala Muhammad Wunti Al-Khair Foundation has trained and empowered six hundred youth from across Bauchi State under its 2025 edition of Skills for Employability Programme. The programme, themed \u201cBeyond Degrees: Building Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills for a Changing World,\u201d equipped participants with practical tools to thrive in today\u2019s fast-changing labour market. It encouraged participants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n