Ooni Tasks NITDA On Youth Development

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has charged  the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to deepen its interest in the area of youth development.

The monarch,who  gave the advice  when he received the Director General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi in Abuja,said  Nigerians youth are the backbone of the country’s growth.

He said:“As someone who is passionate about youth development, I will love to see NITDA doing more with regard to youth empowerment. There is need for NITDA to expand its initiatives across other regions, especially North, so that the youth can catch up with their counterpart in other regions of the country,” the monarch said.

He commended National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for various projects and initiatives the Agency has carried out to boost Nigeria’s digital economy.

 Ogunwusi, expressed satisfaction on the approach NITDA is using to engage Nigerians, particularly in the area of Information Technology.

He said:“I have been following the activities of NITDA over the years, and all I can say is, I am very happy and satisfied with all that you are doing.

“I must also commend the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), who under his watch, the Ministry and also the Agencies he supervises are doing wonderfully to move this country forward especially with regard to digital economy,” he said.

In his remarks, the boss of  NITDA thanked Oba Adeyeye for the words of encouragement and assured him of the agency’s commitment in ensuring that it discharges its duties by providing Nigerians with basic digital skills through capacity building.

He explained to the monarch that digital innovation and entrepreneurship and promotion of indigenous contents are some of the agency’s strategic pillars which involve the empowerment of youth, as the programmes challenge the local innovators to come up with indigenous contents that would bring digital solutions for the nation.

He also assured him that NITDA would continue to come up with developmental initiatives that would better the lives of Nigerians especially in the areas of emerging technologies.