NCC charges youths on digital skills

The Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has charged Nigerian

NCC charges youths on digital skills

Prof Umar Garba Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has charged Nigerian youths who participated in the nationwide digital literacy training conducted by the commission to put the skills acquired, as well as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools received during the exercise, to appropriate and legitimate use.

In a statement, NCC said Danbatta disclosed this when he addressed the participants at the closing ceremony of the NCC’s Digital Literacy Training for the North West held at the Kano Campus of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI).

The NCC CEO particularly enjoined the youths who have had the privilege of participating in the training to apply the skills acquired in gainful activities in order for them to be self-employed.

According to him, the implementation of the recommendations of the committee of experts, as approved by the government, gave rise to the training, which targets 1,000 Nigerian youths to be digitally trained for self-employment.

President of DBI, Prof Muhammad Ajiya, said the various modules of the digital, moral and leadership skills given to the youths during the course of the training would go a long way in making the beneficiaries earn a living and be self-reliant.