Ogun State Skills Fund (OSF)
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS OSF PORTAL iconThe Ogun Skills Fund (OSF) is a flagship skills development and vocational training initiative of the Ogun State Government, designed to reduce unemployment, strengthen workforce capacity, and promote economic empowerment across the state. Structured as a challenge-based funding mechanism, OSF provides grants and support to accredited Training Service Providers—including public, private, and community-based organisations—to deliver demand-driven, market-relevant skills training. The programme focuses on equipping youth, out-of-school individuals, and unemployed adults with practical skills for employment, entrepreneurship, and income generation.
The Fund supports training in priority areas such as ICT, technical trades, entrepreneurship, business development, and vocational skills, ensuring alignment with labour market needs. Beneficiaries receive certification and employability support, including linkages to job centres, internships, and work opportunities. OSF operates under the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP) and contributes directly to the state’s broader agenda of building a skilled, competitive, and inclusive workforce for sustainable economic growth.
Key Achievements
OSF has widened access to market-relevant vocational and technical skills training for youth, women, and unemployed adults across Ogun State, covering priority sectors such as ICT, entrepreneurship, technical trades, and creative industries.
Through competitive grant funding and quality assurance frameworks, OSF has enhanced the institutional and instructional capacity of public, private, and community-based training service providers.
Many programme beneficiaries have successfully transitioned into wage employment, apprenticeships, internships, or self-employment, leading to improved income-generation and livelihood sustainability.
OSF has institutionalised a demand-driven approach to skills development, ensuring training programmes respond directly to labour market needs, priority value chains, and emerging economic opportunities.
The Fund has strengthened connections between skills training and employment opportunities through partnerships with job centres, work hubs, and private-sector employers. .
As a core component of the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP), OSF has contributed to workforce readiness, productivity, and broader economic growth objectives.
OSF promotes inclusive growth by deliberately targeting underserved populations and supporting non-formal and community-based training institutions across the state.