The federal government says it is committed to building community tech hubs across Nigeria to equip youths with digital skills and foster local innovation.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda Gashwer, disclosed this during the graduation of 35 youths from a digital skills training programme held in Abuja.
The initiative, a collaboration between the ministry and the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), aims to turn Nigerian youths into creators of technology rather than mere consumers.
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Gashwer said Nigeria must make wealth digital, inclusive, and locally driven to reduce poverty sustainably. He highlighted plans to launch platforms connecting skilled Nigerians to global opportunities and to fund ideas that can scale into viable businesses.
"This is not aid, but agency," he said. "We are raising a generation of job makers and tech innovators who will export skills like oil."
DBI President/CEO, David Daser, stressed that digital literacy is crucial for economic self-reliance. The programme, themed "Skills for Empowerment," covered web and graphic design, and image editing, across DBI campuses in Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, Yola, and Kano.
Daser urged the graduates to use their skills as tools for transformation and sustainable livelihoods.
