The Japanese International Cooperation Agency says it is supporting 29 Nigerians to Japan for their Master's degree under the Japanese Government Official Development Assistance.
An announcement issued on Monday in Abuja by Ms Salamatu Baba, Public Relations authority of JICA Nigeria, said the recipients would likewise experience entry level position toward the fruition of their project.
"This Initiative offers open doors for youthful and qualified African adolescents to learn at Master's courses in Japanese colleges as worldwide understudies furthermore encounter entry level positions at Japanese endeavors.
"This is so as to create compelling abilities and information in different fields, with the point of adding to the improvement of businesses in Africa.
"This is in satisfaction of a guarantee made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
"Abe guaranteed a key five-year plan to furnish 1,000 African adolescents with such expert's grant open doors," it said.
Baba said JICA got 1,946 applications from 50 African nations for the grant for the Japanese financial year affirmation 2016.
"In Nigeria, JICA got 196 applications that experienced the four-level thorough screening exercise out of which 29 candidates were effective.
"The members are relied upon to add to the advancement of Nigeria as a team with the Japanese private part on their arrival," the announcement said.
(NAN)
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