The Federal Government has signed a N1 billion deal with telecom infrastructure company, IHS Tower, to build learning communities across Nigeria for the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) program
As part of the 3 Million Technical Talent initiatives, the Federal Government and the telecoms giant IHS Towers have inked a N1 billion deal to construct educational communities across Nigeria.
Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, announced the partnership on Monday through his official X account.
Tijani clarified in his announcement that the N1 billion in funding from IHS Towers is a promise to pay the salaries of 37 committed learning community managers for each location for the next three years, in addition to financial aid.
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“I am excited to announce an N1 Billion partnership between the @FMoCDENigeria (the ministry) and @IHSTowers to establish the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) Learning Community. This initiative, which is in support of our recently launched 3MTT program, will facilitate the set-up of learning communities in the 36 states and the FCT.”
“The N1 billion funding from IHS Towers also includes a commitment to paying the salaries of 37 dedicated learning community managers for each location for the next 3 years.”
“This is the first in several partnerships that we will be securing in support of our targets, specifically for the 3MTT program and broadly for the Knowledge pillar in our Strategic Blueprint. #3MTT #NigerianExcellence,” he explained.
Dr. Tijani reportedly stressed how important the 3MTT program is to the federal government’s Renewed Hope mission.
The main goal of this program is to develop a technological talent pool in line with President Bola Tinubu’s plan to create two million digital employment by 2025.
The ministry will identify people who have shown a strong desire to learn particular skills and will cover the corresponding training expenses as part of this effort.
Software development, user interface/user experience design, data analysis and visualization, quality assurance, product management, data science, animation, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity, game development, cloud computing, and devops are all included in the technical skills.
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