DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE (middle) alongside Director CAER, NITDA, Hadiza Umar (right) SSA to the President, Comm. Eng. S/W Ms Moremi Ojudu(2nd right), SSA to the President, Comm. Eng. S/E, Barr Chioma Nweze (3rd left), SSA to the President, Comm. Eng. N/W, Hon Abdallah Tanko Yakassai (2nd left) and Member, NITDA Strategic Team, Ms Dayo Johnson (left)
NITDA Takes Digital Technologies to Grassroots to Drive Economic Diversification
By Gloria Sarauniya Usman
ABUJA, NIGERIA May 13, 2024 -The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is set to collaborate with relevant organizations to cascade the benefits of digital technology to all local governments across the country.
This was disclosed by the NITDA Director General, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, when he received the Senior Special Advisers to the President on Community Engagement from the South East, South West, and North West.
The collaboration aims to transform Nigeria into a globally recognized hub of technology and innovation, driving economic diversification and boosting productivity across all sectors. This aligns with the present administration's priority areas, particularly in reforming the economy for sustained inclusive growth.
Inuwa noted that NITDA's vision for Nigeria, where inclusive economic growth is fostered through technological innovation, aligns with the President's eight priority areas. He highlighted the agency's Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2.0) 2024-2027, which includes eight pillars to deliver on the presidential priority areas.
The pillars include fostering digital literacy and cultivating talents, building a robust technology research ecosystem, strengthening policy implementation and legal framework, promoting inclusive access to digital infrastructure and services, strengthening cybersecurity and enhancing digital trust, nurturing an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem, forging strategic partnerships and collaborations, and cultivating a vibrant organizational culture and an agile workforce in NITDA.
Inuwa emphasized the importance of digital literacy, citing the National Digital Literacy Framework's ambitious target of achieving 95% digital literacy by 2030, with a mid-term target of 70% by 2027. He also highlighted the 3 Million Tech Talent program, which aims to identify skill gaps and build youth capacity on skills in high demand locally and internationally.
The Senior Special Advisers to the President expressed their willingness to collaborate with NITDA in propagating the agency's activities to the grassroots level, ensuring that the benefits of digital technology reach all 774 local governments in the country.
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