{"id":"nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","canonicalSlug":"nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","language":"en","title":"NASENI breaks ground on Kaduna skills centre, commissions drone facility","summary":"Radio Nigeria reports a new skills centre and a commissioned UAV training centre at the Air Force Institute of Technology.","body":["NASENI launched two skills and technology initiatives in Kaduna, Radio Nigeria reported on 19 October: groundbreaking for a Skills Development Centre in Rigachikun, Igabi, and commissioning of an unmanned-aerial-vehicle training centre at the Air Force Institute of Technology.","NASENI said the skills centre is intended to provide practical, industry-relevant training. Its report says the drone facility, developed with Caverton Helicopters, had already trained two pilot cohorts; it gives no new-centre capacity, budget or completion date."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"NASENI breaks ground on Kaduna skills centre, commissions drone facility\n\nRadio Nigeria reports a new skills centre and a commissioned UAV training centre at the Air Force Institute of Technology.\n\nNASENI launched two skills and technology initiatives in Kaduna, Radio Nigeria reported on 19 October: groundbreaking for a Skills Development Centre in Rigachikun, Igabi, and commissioning of an unmanned-aerial-vehicle training centre at the Air Force Institute of Technology.\n\nNASENI said the skills centre is intended to provide practical, industry-relevant training. Its report says the drone facility, developed with Caverton Helicopters, had already trained two pilot cohorts; it gives no new-centre capacity, budget or completion date.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-19","eventDateBasis":"The report covers multiple initiatives and gives no separate dates for each; 19 October 2026 is the publication date only.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:18:24Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:18:24Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T15:10:54Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-19","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:40Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.radionigeriakaduna.gov.ng/2026/10/19/naseni-advances-skills-training-drone-technology-community-empowerment-in-kaduna/","name":"Radio Nigeria Kaduna / Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria","licence":"No open reuse licence identified; original factual summary only, no source text or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.radionigeriakaduna.gov.ng/2026/10/19/naseni-advances-skills-training-drone-technology-community-empowerment-in-kaduna/","attribution":"NASENI Advances Skills Training, Drone Technology, Community Empowerment in Kaduna; source publication date verified","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/nigeria-macro-naseni-drone-skills-kaduna-20261019"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["technology-release","project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"NG","subdivisionCode":"NG-KD"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}