The management of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, has said that the institution is among four Nigerian universities chosen to host the African Development Bank’s Centres of Excellence Coding for Employment Programme, which is expected to create over 9 million jobs and train 234,000 youths.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Aderemi Atayero, disclosed this during its 17th matriculation ceremony held on the campus in Its last Friday. The V-C, while speaking to the 1,525 undergraduate and 135 post-graduate matriculating students, said, “According to The Nigerian Graduate Report,  graduates of this university are highly employed and this is because Covenant equips her students with entrepreneurial skills that ensure self-employment. This is also validated by the Excellence in Quality Entrepreneurship Education Award received recently.

Atayero also said the programme would equip youths across Africa with skills needed to secure ICT related employment and businesses.