Bank MDs, Corporate Executives Visit Senator Abiru Lab, SAIL, Pledge Support For Employment To Participants

By Babatunde kaka

Bank MDs, Top Corporate Executives, have visited the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab, SAIL, for inspection and have pledged support for the employment of outstanding participants.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a selection of top corporate executives on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the Senator Abiru Innovative Lab, SAIL, to visit the facility and to offer possible partnership and employment opportunities for participants.

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The Managing Director of Sterling Bank, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, Deputy Managing Director of Access Bank, Mr Victor Etuokwu, Chairman, ChapelHillDenham Group, Mr Olawale Edun, Senior Banking Advisor, Retail Banking, Access Bank, Robert Giles, Head Payment Systems, Access Bank, Kemi Okusanya and Chief Executive Officer, Alpha African Advisory, Sanyade Okoli, were among corporate executives that visited the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL), the first of its kind Innovation Lab in Lagos East Senatorial District.

The Senator representing Lagos East, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA in the company of his wife, Mrs Feyisola Abiru brought the top executives to SAIL to assess the quality of training.

The accomplished individuals also addressed the Tech Talent Class numbering about 30 participants who have been learning software engineering – HTLM, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node JS, & Mondo DB free of charge for the past five months.

These participants get free standard lunch and transportation allowance whenever they come to class.

The Executives who were impressed by the ideology of SAIL, especially the vigour and creative leadership style of Senator Abiru pledged to support SAIL and to give employment opportunities to outstanding talents for tech-related openings in their various outfits.

A former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Olawale Edun alongside his wife, Mrs Adwoa Edun also spoke on the need for participants to cherish relationships as they move up in life.

Edun, who described the impacts of the Senator as shared prosperity, specifically commended young ladies who showed interest in technology.

Edun, an accomplished economist and international finance expert, described Senator Abiru as a gold standard for measuring qualitative legislative representation.

Dr Tayo Oyedeji, MD/CEO, Insight Redefini, in his remarks said Senator Abiru has made a huge impact in the lives of constituents, especially the youths. He said the quality of the facility is world-class.

“What you are learning are globally relevant skills that can obviously meet your needs and the needs of people around you. Just take your time to learn and apply yourself and be rest assured the future is bright”, he said.

Kemi Okusanya, while addressing the participants of Tech Talent, urged them to give their best to training stressing that the Senator has provided a platform for them to succeed in life.

“I make sure that I am best in what I do, I think that is what distinguishes you when you are out of here. If the guideline is to do 10, you should do 20. That distinguishes you and you start to make a mark for yourself,” she said.

On her part, the wife of the Senator, Mrs Feyisola Abiru, reiterated the commitment and passion of her husband towards seeing young people succeed. She urged the participants to give the training all their best.

“The only way you can pay him back is to succeed in life’’, Mrs Abiru told SAIL participants.

Guests such as former APC Lagos East Vice Chairman, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya and Special Adviser to Senator Abiru on Constituency Matters, Dr(Otunba)Saheed Ibikunle visited the permanent site of SAIL which is expected to be completed before the end of September 2022.

This news medium learnt that the purposely built facility will cater for a minimum of 500 to 800 people every year with the complementary of online learning to several thousand also. The facility also has a 30-man co-working space and will also support youth in the neighbourhood with free power, internet and other facilities as they create their own story within the tech ecosystem.

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SAIL, an initiative of the Tokunbo Abiru Constituency Team (TACT) Foundation, is a dedicated innovation and tech lab that is providing relevant technology, business and digital skills to tech enthusiasts and young entrepreneurs across the Lagos East Senatorial District.

Ekohotblog gathered that the Lab was set up in partnership with renowned technology and Social Enterprise company, The Co-creation Hub (Cc-HUB). The Center located in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria has trained hundreds of young people. Participants who have successfully undergone the 5-pilot programmes (Cohort 1) of SAIL had graduated.

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