Volume : 3, Issue : 10, OCT 2017

THE ROLE OF IT/SIWES IN PROMOTING NATIONAL UNITY AND INTEGRATION: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE

PROF. ISAAC SAMMANI RABO BUTSWAT

Abstract

This paper examined the role of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in promoting National Unity and Integration. SIWES is as old as the pre-colonial era. SIWES was introduced by Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to bridge the gaps between theory and practice following the Nigeria Enterprises Promotion Decree popularly known as Nigeria Indigenization Decree of 1971.ITF was established in 1974 and brought under the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, for the purpose of carrying out its mandate of training students on SIWES for the acquisition of skills for industrialization which will in turn boost the Nigeria economy. In many respects and aspects SIWES serves similar functions with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in terms of promoting National Unity and Integration in Nigeria. It is expected that at the end of this rather brief presentation, the audience / readers will appreciate the staggering role of the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme in keeping Nigerians integrated and united as a nation,as isolationism is counter –productive and anti-development.

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