The federal authorities has introduced plans to ascertain digital know-how hubs in 200 rural communities throughout Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, marking the primary part of its implementation.
Tokoni Igoin, Particular Assistant to the President on ICT Growth and Digital Innovation, revealed the initiative in a press release issued on Sunday in Abuja.
Igoin highlighted the transformative influence of technological developments on the worldwide economic system, training, communication, and connectivity. He famous, nonetheless, that many rural communities in Nigeria nonetheless confronted challenges because of restricted entry to important digital infrastructure, which hindered their financial and academic development.
“This ICT initiative aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which prioritises the event of the ICT sector alongside different key areas of Nigeria’s economic system,” he mentioned.
The intention of deploying the digital hubs, he added, is to speed up enterprise development and diversification by integrating fashionable know-how.
Undertaking Coordinator Charles Folayan acknowledged that the hubs would perform as state-of-the-art innovation centres providing co-working areas, incubation programmes, mentorship, and workshops.
These services are designed to empower start-ups, entrepreneurs, college students, professionals, and people with disabilities by offering entry to sources that promote creativity, talent growth, and entrepreneurship on the grassroots stage.
Igoin emphasised that the initiative seeks to arrange rural youth for the calls for of the Twenty first-century economic system, equipping them with the abilities and alternatives wanted to contribute to financial diversification and native content material growth.
“The aim is to cut back unemployment, poverty, and social vices by fostering innovation, constructing capability, and creating sustainable pathways for growth,” he mentioned. (NAN)
