Tijan Reiterates FG’s Commitment to Equip Youths with Digital Skills

Funmi Ogundare 

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. ’Bosun Tijani, has reiterated the federal government’s commitment to equip Nigerian youth with essential digital skills. 

The  Minister disclosed this during his visit to the Teesas Education Learning Centre Lekki, one of the Applied Learning Clusters (ALC) of the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme.

The goal of the 3MTT programme by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy is to generate a pipeline of technical talent.

As part of the 3MTT programme, Teesas Education Learning Centres provide training for youths in various fields including Product Management, UI/ UX Design, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Cloud Computing, Game Development, Data Analysis and Visualisation, Animation, and Quality Assurance.

During the visit, Dr. Tijani engaged directly with participants, hearing first-hand about their experiences and the programme’s impact on their career prospects. 

Responding to the positive testimonials, he stated, “by investing in our people and their digital skills, we are setting the foundation for a sustainable, tech-driven future.”

Chairman and Founder of Teesas Education, Mr Osayi Izedonmwen said that as an impact-driven organisation, Teesas Education is committed to assisting the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to actualise the 3MTT agenda of building Nigeria’s technical talent backbone to power Nigeria’s digital economy and position Nigeria as a net talent exporter.

“This is our second cohort, and we are training about 1, 000 participants at our Lekki and Ikeja centres. We look forward to continuing the collaboration with the ministry until it achieves its target.”