According to Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, 90% of Nigerians should be digitally literate by 2030.
“The goal is for 90% of Nigerians to be digitally literate by 2030.”
“Digital literacy does not imply becoming a technical talent, but it does provide the foundation for you to choose whether or not you want to participate in the digital economy,” the minister stated on Thursday during a live interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program.
Tijani stated that the Federal Government intends to train three million Nigerians in technical skills in the coming years.
According to the minister, the Federal Government intends to establish hardware training centers in prominent tech hotspots such as Aba in Abia State and Computer Village in Lagos State.
He stated that the goal is to improve human resource development and create more work possibilities for over 200 million Nigerians.
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When asked if the government intends to include indigenous languages as a language of instruction in Nigerian tech training and software development, the minister stated:
“We are also interested in how to ensure that Nigeria can become a leader and actively participate in the development of Artificial Intelligence because this is where technology is now being biased, especially when your own language and reality are not taken into account.”
One of the things we’re doing there is funding programs and initiatives that will ensure that all languages in Nigeria are included in the AI drive so that machines can recognize all of them, not just the popular ones like Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo.
We’re talking about all the languages that people may not recognize as vital.”
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