UNIBEN VC tasks varsity dons on research to create jobs

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Prof. Faraday Orumwense has charged university dons to adjust their research focus in order to make it industry driven so as to create jobs for unemployed graduates in the country.

UNIBEN VC, Prof. Faraday Orumwense

Orumwense said “The nation is currently faced with the onerous task of evolving new macroeconomics strategies that will among other things, provide the much needed jobs for teeming unemployed youths. Our graduates largely termed unemployable by industries make this task particularly more difficult, therefore, we must refocus our research for the interest of our nation.”

He spoke at a two-day Academia-Industry Engagement workshop organised by the University in collaboration with the LancasVice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Prof. Faraday Orumwense has charged university dons to adjust their research focus in order to make it industry driven so as to create jobs for unemployed graduates in the country.

He stressed the need for university dons to key into the efforts by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to create jobs for Nigerians.

He said stakeholders must brace up to ensure that researches transcends the revered world of ivory towers and become industry-driven.

“This in my view is the panacea for the age-long problem of unemployment, which appears to have defiled all known solutions in Nigeria. The urgent need to fast track the growth and development of our industries on a sustainable basis has become quite obvious.

“Collaborations between the academia and the industry is the contemporary praxis in leading universities worldwide. This demand driven strategy has proven to be sustainable over the years and the case would not be different with Nigeria.”ter University, United Kingdom.

He stressed the need for university dons to key into the efforts by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to create jobs for Nigerians.

He said stakeholders must brace up to ensure that researches transcends the revered world of ivory towers and become industry-driven.

“This in my view is the panacea for the age-long problem of unemployment, which appears to have defiled all known solutions in Nigeria. The urgent need to fast track the growth and development of our industries on a sustainable basis has become quite obvious.

“Collaborations between the academia and the industry is the contemporary praxis in leading universities worldwide. This demand driven strategy has proven to be sustainable over the years and the case would not be different with Nigeria.”

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