As the world strikes quickly with the rising traits in expertise, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has burdened the necessity for the deployment of expertise to unravel the broad unemployment hole within the nation.

Speaking on the fifth A.M. Agoro Entrepreneurship Lecture Series (AMAELS) titled “Leveraging technology for business success and growth,” in Lagos on Saturday, he stated, “Nigeria is a country with a lot of youths that are unemployed. We must harness technology to ensure that people are employed and are in business.”

According to the deputy governor, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Dr Shakirudeen Onasanya,   effectivity and effectiveness of expertise is pivotal to the success of any enterprise operations.

“We talk of improved output; we talk of improved outcome even as well as what you send to the society,” he added.

Hamzat famous that the varied expertise have to be tapped into to enhance capability and manufacturing.

He added, “Technology is not based on information technology but there are issues of science-based technology as well as engineering-based technology. Science-based technology can be applied to animal husbandry and high yielding crops. You can also look at engineering; the issue of electrical, the issue of factorisation in agriculture, even the issue of solar energy and so on.”

According to the deputy governor, expertise must be deployed to realize sustainable improvement.

“Sustainable development also has to do with how you can use technology in your business to achieve all-round success not only economically but also environmentally. These are some of the issues we have to leverage in the issue of technology,” he posited.

The chairman of the occasion and Chairman of Caverton Helicopters Plc, Chief Aderemi Makanjuola, stated the theme of the lecture was well timed due to the position expertise had assumed globally in pushing the frontiers of companies.

“We need to see technology as transformational. Technology helps improve everything and it shouldn’t be looked at as a bad thing. Technology is to help processes, develop people even better. If we can digitalise our processes, we can reach by far more. So, technology is a good thing and we must apply it to business.”

She urged the brand new authorities to see the significance of companies, particularly entrepreneurs with the financial improvement of the states and nation and provides needed help by way of enterprise coaching, grants and enterprise alternatives.

“This is very important for the economic development of any society,” she said.

Makanjuola, who was represented by the CEO of Caverton Offshore Support Group, Bode Makanjuola, urged the incoming administration to “provide a leverage platform for Small and Medium Enterprises and young people to progress and express their entrepreneurial zeal in making the country better.”

She added that younger individuals know what they need however they want expertise to realize that dream.

The chairman urged beneficiaries of N200,000 grant to entrepreneurs to justify the funding on their companies and present dedication.

The Chairman of AMAELS, Dr Adrian Tokolo, disclosed that the lecture collection was instituted within the title of the late Agoro, described as a visionary and astute entrepreneur.

According to him, the occasion was a continuation of Agoro’s life’s work.

“And what we do is we have lecture series like this one. We also have grants and mentoring programmes and digital training for businesses. The idea is to support businesses to grow, especially young businesses,” he defined.