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Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is fully committed to the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal Government’s policy direction in repositioning the youth for the digital era job opportunities through a programme tagged: ‘Digital Job Creation for Youths.’ (DJCY).

Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta who stated this in a statement made available to Digital TimesNG on Sunday, noted that this commitment is in line with one of the pillars of the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy, (NDEPS 2020-2030), which is to further accelerate economic growth in digital literacy and skills,

Danbatta disclosed that over 2,000 Nigerian youths have, so far, benefited from this programme from the six geo-political zones of the country while the ongoing edition has 600 youths being trained.

“The DJCY programme is designed to enhance the skills of youths across all the Six Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria through customised training and 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 are provided with free accommodation facilities for two weeks, during which resource persons in digital skills, business development and management, are engaged to retool them with their laptops to re-orientate them towards self-discovery, self-development, and self-employment,” Danbatta stated.

The EVC further noted that 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.

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“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.

“The DJCY relies on the provisions of NDEPS 2020-2030, which encourage the promotion of Digital Literacy and Skills through massive training of Nigerians from all walks of life in order to enable them to obtain digital literacy and other digital skills.

“Hundreds of the participants in the previous two editions have reported gainful self-employments, using the laptops and Internet connectivity tools provided by the Commission.”

Danbatta noted that the Commission had, through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, received the commendations of the Federal Government for the way and manner it had efficiently and effectively designed and implemented this programme for the benefit of the Nigerian youths.

The Commission restated its full commitment to this programme as a result of the positive feedback from the previous editions and the potential it has in enhancing the digital opportunities of the Nigerian youth for the benefit of the nation’s digital economy.

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