oyo to draw up plans to improve human capital devt indices
From Ogundele Olanrewaju
Oyo state government has hinted on plans to draw up a comprehensive work plan across three thematic areas that would improve the state indices on human capital development.
The executive assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde and focal person, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe disclosed this shortly after technical workshop with senior career officers in the state service and and consultant for South West zone on human capital development.
The executive assistant enlisted health and nutrition, education and employment generation amongst other focus of the team, noting that as soon as a work plan had been generated, interventions would be rolled out leveraging on National Human Capital Development (NHDC) partners to improve the general wellbeing of the people in the pace setter state.
He also hinted on the challenge of funds and how the technical team intended to establish a budget that would aid its administration and ability to fulfill its mandate Ogedegbe said,
“it is a national project under the national economy council, basically to address the sliding human development indices in Nigeria, in terms of reduction in mortality rate, child mortality rate, increase school attendant rate, reduction of out of school student rate as well as labor force participation.
