President Bola Tinubu has extolled the creative zeal of the Nigerian youth to drive digital adoption, trends and innovation in Nigeria and beyond.
Tinubu stated this on Monday in recognition of the International Youth Day, celebrated every August 12, with this year’s theme as, ‘From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for sustainable Development’.
He reiterated that it was in a bid to harness the creative talents of the youth that his administration relaunched the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) under the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, adding that the facility was a N110 billion fund dedicated to empowering the youth in priority sectors to drive sustainable economic growth and development.
The President Maintained that 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) were also some of the programmes introduced to empower the nation’s young people, and create millions of IT and technical jobs that will make them globally competitive.
Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, affirmed that within the nation’s youths lies the excellent spirit and pearl of transformation to digitally innovate Nigeria to prosperity and global acclaim.
He 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.
Tinubu saluted that Nigerian youth in Ebute Metta with only a ring light and a camera, creating legitimate income and wonders in amusement; that young woman entrepreneur in Aba, creating inimitable fashion pieces, and that young man in Kano, creating pathways for sustainable agriculture through agro-technology.
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.
