The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has commenced an eight-week training programme for 100 artisans and trainers as part of efforts to raise the standard of Nigerian technical manpower to international levels. According to him, the trainees will obtain three qualifications at the end of the eight-week programme, including Trade Level 3 certification, teaching and training certification, and assessor certification. Ogun said the participants would undergo examinations at the end of the training, stressing that certification without assessment would undermine the quality of technical training. You are going to have teaching and training certification and assessor certification,” he said. He said the initiative was particularly important because foreign artisans and technicians were increasingly coming into Nigeria to fill technical skills gaps, while many Nigerian workers remained unemployed.