The Professor Isa Pantami Foundation (PIP Foundation) has announced a collaboration with the Mujaddadi Care Foundation to launch a new skills-development programme that will train 200 youths from Bauchi State in mobile phone repairs, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity this December.
The joint initiative aims to empower young people with practical, future-oriented skills that enhance self-reliance and competitiveness in the digital world.
The Mujaddadi Care Foundation is a community-based initiative founded by Senator Shehu Buba Umar, dedicated to compassion-driven social upliftment, empowerment, and care programmes.
The training program is part of the PIP Foundation’s wider commitment to training 10,000 youths across Gombe and neighboring states in the North East.
Participants will be provided with start-up kits and post-training support to help them establish their own small-scale enterprises, strengthening job creation efforts and closing the region’s widening skills gap.
Speaking on the collaboration, former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, reiterated the Foundation’s commitment to building a skilled, technologically-driven workforce. He stated that the program is a contribution to grooming a society where skills take center stage, boosting productivity as seen in nations like Japan, China, and India.
The joint effort follows the Foundation’s earlier success in August 2025, where an initial group of 250 young people from Gombe State were trained in the same fields and empowered with professional toolkits to start generating income. One Gombe beneficiary, Ibrahim Khalil, noted that the training enabled him to perform basic repairs in his neighborhood, which now fetches him income.
Interested participants can find more details on the application process via the Foundation’s website.
