President Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence that within the nation’s youths lies the excellent spirit and pearl of transformation to digitally innovate Nigeria to prosperity and global acclaim.
He gave the affirmation on Monday on the occasion of the International Youth Day, celebrating and extolling Nigeria’s youth’s creative zeal and agency to drive digital adoption, trends, and innovation in Nigeria and beyond.
A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) noted that the International Youth Day is celebrated every August 12, and the 2024 theme is “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development.”
The President acknowledged the strides of the youth in diverse spheres, especially in developing billion-dollar technologies and innovations to make the world a more prosperous and evolved place.
He saluted the Nigerian youth “in Ebute Metta with only a ring light and a camera, creating legitimate income and wonders in amusement; the young woman entrepreneur in Aba, creating inimitable fashion pieces, and that young man in Kano, creating pathways for sustainable agriculture through agro-technology.”
President Tinubu stated that it is in furtherance of harnessing the creative talents of the youth that his administration relaunched the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) under the Federal Ministry of Youth Development.
The statement recalled that the facility is a N110 billion fund dedicated to empowering the youth in priority sectors to drive sustainable economic growth and development.
The Digital and Creative Enterprises (IDiCE) programme, the 3Million Technical Talents Scheme, the Skill-Up Artisans Programme (SUPA), and the National Youth Talent Export Programme (NATEP) are also some of the programmes to empower the nation’s young people and create millions of IT and technical jobs that will make them globally competitive.
The statement maintained that on this special occasion to celebrate the youth, President Tinubu assured Nigerians that his administration is here to make their dreams come alive in a sustainably expanding, inclusive economy.
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