NITDA harps on effective collaboration for growth of digital economy

Ugo Onwuaso

ALLAM Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information

Technology Development

Agency, has described the partnership with Abuja Enterprise Agency, ( AEA) as imperative to President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years.

Abdullahi expressed this view while playing host to the management of AEA at the NITDA Corporate Headquarter in Abuja.

The NITDA Director General noted that with the support AEA is giving to over 100,000 entrepreneurs in providing finances, workplace and information and Communication Technology, ( ICT) support, it will help in driving the vision of the government.

“Partnering with organisation like yours will help in creating job opportunities for Nigerians that will aid economic growth and development of the country”

He stated further that capacity building is one of the key pillars of the Ministry of

MCommunications and Digital Economy and NITDA, stressing that it is necessary to build capacity of Nigerians in order to prepare them to participate in digital economy.

“Our doors are always open for collaborations that will move the country forward. The AEA management and staff are free to come to the Agency’s IT Lab ( Hub) and use the facilities for researches and contents development.

“The Agency is building ICT Innovation Hubs where ideas and innovations are to be nurtured with the objective of bringing out solutions that will impact on the economy and also createeither direct or indirect jobs.

Earlier in his remarks, Mr Arabi Muhammed Tukur, managing director and Chief Executive Officer, Abuja Enterprise Agency AEA, solicited for collaboration with NITDA in revamping the

AEA’S ICT Hub with networking and computing devices for it to operate fully in IT value chain, create jobs and meet demand for IT goods and services in Federal Capital Territory.