More than 2000 Nigerian youths from the six geopolitical zones of the country have been trained in digital job acquisition in an intervention programme promoted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Specifically, the on-going edition of the programme has 600 youths enrolled and being trained.
This was made known by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC,Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta in a statement issued on Tuesday.
In the statement, Danbatta said ”the Digital Job Creation for Youths (DJCY) is part of a programme designed to enhance the skills of youths across all six geopolitical zones of Nigeria through customised training and the offer of fully loaded laptop computers with networking devices, to equip them for the purposes of engaging in different digital entrepreneurship businesses that they may choose”.
The beneficiaries were provided with free accommodation facilities for two weeks, during which resource persons in digital skills, business development and management were engaged.
“Some of the objectives of the DJCY include remoulding youths with other skills with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) proficiency to fit into the digital economy, as well as strengthening technical and scientific competencies among the youths with a view to creating opportunities for self-employment.
It is also designed to improve access to ICT-enabled services such as banking and strengthen the ICT micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector of the economy.
”DJCY relies on the provisions of National Digital Economy Policy & Strategy (NDEPS), 2020-2030, which encourages the promotion of Digital Literacy and Skills through massive training of Nigerians from all works of life in order to enable them to obtain digital literacy and other digital skills.”, said NCC.
NCC disclosed that hundreds of the participants in the previous two editions, have been self-employed using their laptops and Internet connectivity tools provided by the Commission.
The Commission restated its full commitment to the programme, adding that it had received positive feedback from the previous editions.
