The Federal Government on Monday launched the national policy on Very Small Aperture Terminal Core Skills to empower youths with the requisite digital skills for a globally competitive digital economy.
Launching the policy at the Digital Economy Complex, Abuja, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, said it was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s digital skills and job creation and economic development agenda.
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He said the implementation of the policy would begin immediately as he virtually flagged off the training programme in the six geo-political zones of the country.
The training will begin in 12 states namely; Kano, Kebbi, Ekiti, Lagos, Gombe, Bauchi, Abia, Anambra, Niger, Plateau, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
He said: “VSAT deployment and installation, is a multibillion-dollar industry globally, which will provide jobs in the near future and Nigeria has a population advantage in this regard.”
He said the training was in alignment with several policies of the federal government and strategies including the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, the Nigerian National Broadband Plan and the National Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship policy.
600 Nigerian youths are currently undergoing the first phase of the training across the country.
