FG Creates Digital Academy To Train 500,000 Nigerian Youths

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami, has revealed that the Federal Government has created a digital academy that will see to the training of over 500,000 Nigerian Youths across the country in digital skills

Patanmi made the revelation in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the 5th edition of the TechSummit Ogun, 2022 tagged “Disruptive Innovation: Production And Distribution of Creative Content” organised to guide emerging creatives and content creators to all sorts of opportunities in the industry, according to its convener and Chief Executive Officer of VerveTree Startup, Mr Olaniyi Ayoola.

Pantami, who was represented by the Chief Executive Officer of the  Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), Dr Abimbola Alale, noted that the FG has instituted about 20 different policies to guide the operations of digital economy and innovation in the country. He listed the policies to include

The minister listed the policies to include the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy which was anchored on 8 pillars, the Nigeria National Broadband Plan (2020-2035), the Nigeria Startup Bill which is in the process of being forwarded to the National Assembly and National Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship among other.

He pointed out that the government created those policies such that, “digital innovations and entrepreneurship are used to create value and prosperity for all,” adding that there is the need to empower Nigerians with skills that will imbue the adoption of digital technologies across economies.

“To this end, we have set up an online training academy, which together with other digital training outlets has led to the up-skilling of about 500,000 Nigerians.

“We also developed the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-2025) to ensure that our citizens have access to, and can afford quality broadband connectivity. The Plan seeks to deliver data download broadband speeds across Nigeria at a minimum of 25Mbps in urban areas, and 10Mbps in rural areas.