NITDA: We’ve Started Partnering MDAs, Private Sector to Train 3M Youths

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

The National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) said it had unfolded a comprehensive strategy to equip three million young Nigerians on digital Technology within the next four years.

The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, stated this at the Public Sector Digital Innovation Summit Organised by DataMellon AWS (Amazon Web Services) in Abuja on Thursday.

Inuwa, who represented by the Acting Director, E-Government, Development and Regulation at NITDA, Mr. Bernard Ewah, said the agency was currently working with both the public and the private sector in that regard with a view to surpassing the target figure before 2027.

He also said the agency was working with the various federal ministries, departments and agencies to ensure that their websites are not only functional but interactive.

The NITDA boss said, “We set up, slightly over 20 years ago, to create opportunities like this for us as Nigerians to come together and have a future of how we can participate in the technology or digital revolution.”

The CEO Datamellon, Wale Adedeji, said the company is a digital firm dedicated to revolutionising the landscape of digital sector innovation.

He said, “Our mission at Digital Melon is to empower government and organization with cutting-edge technology enabling them to serve their citizens better, faster and smarter. In the digital age data is the new currency. This is the oil. No, it’s the currency that we spend these days.”