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By Adesuwa Tsan
The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC) has entered a strategic partnership with Sapphital Learning to establish an online learning platform, a move aimed at expanding access to civic education and leadership training for Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora.
The partnership, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), was signed by the Director-General of the CLTC, Rinsola Abiola, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of Sapphital, Amu Ogbeide. Structured as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), the agreement provides for Sapphital to make the initial investment required to develop the CLTC Online School while cooperating on the platform alongside the Centre.
Abiola described the arrangement as a pragmatic solution that enables the Centre to deliver on its strategic objectives without placing additional financial strain on public resources. She noted that the concept for a digital learning platform dates back to her tenure as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Citizenship and Leadership, where she identified the limitations of relying solely on physical training centres to fulfil the CLTC’s national mandate.
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“The Centre’s mandate, civic education and youth leadership development, is a national one, and a functional online platform, complementing our physical training centres, is key to fully delivering on it. Financial constraints meant we could not invest directly in an online platform, so we pursued a different path,” she said.
Sapphital, a Nigerian digital learning company with a proven track record in developing e-learning solutions for both public and private sector institutions, will be responsible for building the platform and co-managing its operations. The company currently manages the Nigeria Youth Academy (NiYA), an online skills acquisition initiative developed in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development.
Once operational, the CLTC Online School is expected to eliminate the geographical and logistical barriers that have historically limited participation in the Centre’s programmes. It will provide Nigerians, particularly young people in underserved communities and those living abroad, with access to CLTC training and capacity-building initiatives from anywhere in the world.
The MoU forms part of a broader reform agenda being implemented under Abiola’s leadership at the CLTC. The ongoing repositioning efforts have focused on improving staff welfare, strengthening institutional partnerships, and deepening collaboration with the private sector and civil society.
