The Kaduna State Government has accorded priority to human capital development as a
pivotal tool for uplifting the citizens out of poverty and unemployment., said the Acting Governor, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe.
The acting governor stated this at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House recently at a workshop organised for members of the State Human Capital Development Technical Working Group.
She maintained that Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i-led administration believes that investing in the people of the state “by building their capabilities through education, good health
and nutrition, skills and economic empowerment,” we will be lifting them out of unemployment
and poverty.”
Dr Balarabe who noted that government alone cannot achieve the desired feat of eradicating
poverty, however, charged the Technical Working Group to develop strategies that will ensure
more extensive participation of non-government actors in the project.
According to her, “Because of the place of human capital development in national advancement,
the All Progressives Congress at the national government launched the human capital
development program in March 2018 to fast-track Nigeria’s progress.
“The national Human Capital Development Core Working Group (CWG) was established with a
mandate to develop a National Human Capital Development Strategy, engage states to ensure
prioritization of Human Capital Development, ascertain quick wins at the federal and state
Levels, and institute a robust countrywide monitoring and evaluation framework to track
progress.
“In Kaduna state, we have since taken human capital development very seriously. The state
executive council created the HCD policy council with 5 strategic areas which I expect this
workshop to discuss. We hope that by focusing on these areas, we should be able to lift our
human capital development index.
“For us, addressing issues of human capital is simply investing on our people. By building our
peoples capabilities through education, good health and nutrition, skills and economic
empowerment, we will be lifting them out of unemployment and poverty.
“One of the challenges for this working group is on how to mobilize all persons and especially
critical stakeholders to key into the objectives of our human capital development program so
that all hands can be on deck.
“Government alone cannot take us to where we need to be. You will therefore need to develop
strategies that will ensure more extensive participation of non-government actors in the
program.
“On this note, I wish to commend the effort and vision of the Kaduna State Human Capital
Development Technical Working Group for organizing this workshop and other activities they
have been carrying out in the state. We aware that without the support of our development
partners, the progress being made in this area would not have been much.
“Our amiable state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai sends his profound appreciation and that of
the government and people of Kaduna state.”
The workshop which had in attendance members of Human Capital Development Technical
Working Group, some heads of MDAs, Local Government Chairmen and Development
Partners, was designed to increase the understanding of members of the state working group
on their duties and working relations with thematic MDAs.
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