Moe than 2,000 Nigerian youths struggled for 280 vacancies at the Huawei Job Fair held in Abuja.
Youths from different parts of the country came to the nations capital and submitted their resume to some IT companies at a job fair held by Huawei on Wednesday.
15 IT companies were on ground at the fair to recruit into various positions like Backend Engineering, IT Security Support and Maintenance Engineering, and Sales promotion among others, News Agency of Nigeria reported.
Mr Osita Nweze, Huawei Deputy Managing Director for Cyber Security, who represented the Managing Director, expressed commitment to contributing to the Gross Domestic Growth of Nigeria.
He said the company is committed to creating job opportunities that will help to reduce the unemployment rate in the country.
He said Nogeria has lots of talents that could positively contribute to the country’s ICT growth if explored.
“Nigeria as a nation provides investment in Information Communication Technology (ICT), meanwhile, the workforce of a nation is the most valuable asset meant to grow the nation.
“It is in this light we assembled key players in the industry today,’’ he said.
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the company to develop ICT talents in the country, according to Nweze.
“This development gives Huawei the courage to keep pushing for a better digitised Nigeria.
“I also thank other partners for the collaboration.
“For the candidates who are here today ready to enter into the ICT industry, I encourage you to continue to pursue more knowledge for more expertise in the field,” he said.
Ifunanya Ikueze is an Engineer, Safety Professional, Writer, Investor, Entrepreneur and Educator.
