This sector aims to enhance Kebbi State’s human capital by focusing on education, vocational training, and healthcare while supporting and formalizing the informal sector to promote inclusive economic growth. By empowering individuals and micro-businesses, Kebbi can build a resilient and diversified economy.

Objective:

To strengthen Kebbi’s human capital through comprehensive education, skills development, and healthcare initiatives, while formalizing the informal sector to foster inclusive growth and economic integration.

Focus Areas:

1. Education and Vocational Training: Implement programs to build a skilled workforce, including specialized training for youth and women.
2. Comprehensive Skills Development Strategy: Develop a strategy to equip at least 500,000 youth and women with market-relevant skills.
3. Health and Wellness Programs: Initiate programs to enhance the quality of life and productivity through improved healthcare services.
4. Formalizing the Informal Economy: Create frameworks to organize and integrate informal businesses into the formal economy.
5. Labor Market Policies: Develop policies to support job creation, worker protection, and labor market efficiency.
6. Micro-Business Empowerment: Support micro-businesses and SMEs through training, financial access, and market integration.
7. Micro-Pension and Micro-Insurance Schemes: Establish these schemes to provide social security to informal sector workers.
8. Entrepreneurship Development: Foster entrepreneurship through training, mentorship, and access to financing.

Expected Outcomes:

1. Comprehensive Human Capital Development Strategies: Formulate and implement strategies to enhance the educational and vocational landscape.
2. Kebbi State Employment Portal and Labor House: Establish a digital platform for job matching and a physical space for labor-related services.
3. MOUs for Skilled Labor Supply: Execute agreements with industrial provinces and companies to supply skilled labor from Kebbi State.
4. Cooperative Society Support Initiatives: Strengthen cooperatives to enhance economic opportunities for members.
5. Education Support Funding Initiatives: Launch funding programs to support educational infrastructure and access.
6. Formalization of Informal Businesses: Implement measures to bring informal businesses into the formal economy.
7. Informal Sector Support Funds: Create funds to provide financial assistance to informal sector enterprises.
8. Investment in Social Infrastructure: Allocate resources to build educational, healthcare, and social infrastructure.

Strategic Initiatives to Drive Impact, Socioeconomic Growth, and Revenue Generation:

1. Skills Development Initiative: A large-scale program aimed at equipping 500,000 youth and women with skills in various trades and professions.
2. Mobile Clinic Initiatives: Deploy mobile clinics to provide healthcare services to remote and underserved areas.
3. Talent Development and Outsourcing Program: Establish programs to train and outsource local talent to national and international markets.
4. Informal Sector Formalization Program: A program to provide training, resources, and incentives to transition informal businesses into the formal economy.
5. Micro-Pension and Insurance Platforms: Partner private sector to establish a digital platforms to facilitate micro-pension and micro-insurance schemes for farmers and informal workers.
6. Entrepreneurship Hub: build an entrepreneurship and cottage industry hub offering resources, mentorship, and financial support for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
7. Cooperative Empowerment Project: Initiate a support program to encourage formation of cooperative, as well as strengthen cooperative societies, providing them with access to credit, training, and markets.
8. SMEs Equipment Leasing Support Initiatives: Provide support for SMEs to access equipment through leasing arrangements, enhancing their operational capacity.
9. Employment and Labor Services Portal: An online portal for job seekers and employers to connect, providing labor market data and resources.
10. Education Support Fund: In partnership with the financial institution and support private sectors, established a fund dedicated to enhance educational infrastructure, scholarships, and teacher training programs.
11. Informal Sector Financial Access Program: A program to provide micro-loans and financial literacy training to informal sector businesses.
12. Healthcare Improvement Grants: Grants to upgrade healthcare facilities, ensuring quality health services across the state.