Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University’s Centre for Counselling and Career Services, Lapai, has held a one-day capacity-building workshop aimed at enhancing career guidance and employability among principal officers, Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments, Level Advisers, and Final-year students.
With the theme: “Career Service Enlightenment and Employment Opportunities,” the event sought to bridge the gap between academic training and the demands of the modern labour market.
Declaring the workshop open, Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mohammed Hadi Sulaiman, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Prof Mohammed Aliyu Bello, said the programme was timely given the rapid global changes in the job market. “The era when degrees automatically guaranteed jobs is over. Employers are looking for skills, character, innovation, and readiness to learn. This workshop is an opportunity for our students to prepare themselves to become not just job seekers but job creators,” he stated.
Prof Sulaiman emphasised the importance of aligning academic programmes with market demands, equipping students with 21st-century skills such as digital literacy, communication, artificial intelligence, and adaptability. He noted that the university is working towards making the Centre for Counselling and Career Services a hub for industry engagement, alumni mentoring, internship placements, and professional development.
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