The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has urged Nigerian youths to develop skills around digital technology in order to remain valuable in the 21st century.
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of FCCPC, Barr. Babatunde Irukera, made the call at the 7th edition of National Young Consumer Contest Awards in Abuja.
“The future in the digital market belongs to the young people of the continent of Africa,” Irukera said, during the programme which had its theme as ‘Fair Digital Finance’.
He said “Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world with Nigeria being projected to emerge third largest country in the globe in few years time, and here is need to develop interest in the digital world. I was talking to the council of ministers from 47 African countries about the need and urgency to adopt a programme on digital training,”
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Speaking further, the EVC challenged participating students, drawn from secondary schools and universities across the country, to put what they learned from the competition into use.
“ Here we are in the world where Artificial Intelligence is beginning to take the place of human being, so, it is important that Nigeria as we know it, build a country of talents,” he said.
Meanwhile, students of Southern British High School, Calabar, Cross River State, have clinched the first position in this year’s edition of National Young Consumer Contest.
