Nigeria’s march towards attaining 95 percent digital literacy in 2030 is more promising than ever, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has said.
The National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), 2020 – 2030 provides that the country will active 95 percent digital literacy.
Pantami spoke at the graduation of participants at a two-week Digital Job Creation Training for the North-East in Gombe at the weekend.
The training was facilitated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), according to a statement by the commission spokesperson Mr Reuben Mouka on Monday.
The minister said, “The reason we train citizens is because digital skills are no longer considered a luxury, but necessities required in any business you do. If you want to be successful, you need to have digital skills.’’
He said, “ICT is not just an independent sector but the key enabler of all other sectors today. It enables opportunities in education, in health, in agriculture, in security, in defence, in manufacturing, in trade, in investment and in industry.”
Pantami urged the participants to adopt innovation-driven enterprises and to utilize the training they have received to improve their economic status and make Nigeria a better place.
“We have to utilise ICT in order to make our country a better place. We must use ICT even for our personal economic benefits amongst others. Therefore, we want to encourage you not to waste your times online but rather to use the knowledge you have acquired to make Nigeria a better place and at the same time, derive many economic benefits from it,” he said.
He said the training which has taken place in nine other states, including the Federal Capital Territory, will be conducted throughout the remaining geopolitical zones.
