{"id":79441,"date":"2025-11-29T05:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79441"},"modified":"2025-11-29T05:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T05:43:22","slug":"fg-urges-greater-youth-participation-in-automotive-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/29\/fg-urges-greater-youth-participation-in-automotive-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Urges Greater Youth Participation in Automotive Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has called for stronger youth involvement in Nigeria\u2019s automotive sector, emphasizing the need to equip young people with practical skills to thrive in a competitive global market.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Titilope Gbadamosi, Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiative (Monitoring and Delivery), made the remarks during the Youth Empowerment Through Automotive Innovation 2025 Conference.<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted that the government is committed to moving beyond discussions, actively building the sector by placing youths at the center of automotive transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Gbadamosi noted that the automotive industry offers vast opportunities in innovation, manufacturing, and skilled employment.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed to government-backed training programmes in vehicle retrofitting from converting PMS engines to CNG to repairing both local and foreign automobile brands, which are designed to provide young Nigerians with hands-on technical experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future of Nigeria\u2019s automotive industry depends on the creativity, skill, and participation of our youth. We must ensure they are prepared to compete and innovate at the highest level,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative reflects the government\u2019s broader efforts to harness youth potential, foster economic growth, and position Nigeria as a key player in the global automotive landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 The Federal Government has called for stronger youth involvement in Nigeria\u2019s automotive sector, emphasizing the need to equip young people with practical skills to thrive in a competitive global market. Dr. Titilope Gbadamosi, Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiative (Monitoring and Delivery), made the remarks during the Youth Empowerment Through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":79442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79443,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79441\/revisions\/79443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}