Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed that the current administration is looking at providing one million employment opportunities for the Nigerian youths via digital industry.
Shettima said this on Monday while meeting with tech expert from the Republic of Korea led by the Special Envoy to the President, H.E. Jang Sungmin, at the Presidential Villa.
Shettima who said the youths constitutes 75% of Nigeria population and thereby charged the foreign delegation to see Nigeria worthy of partnership and support in the area of digital skills training for our young people.
The VP expressed the country’s resolve “to create 1 million jobs in the digital world,” saying India garnered about $120 billion last year from global outsourcing.
He said Nigeria is prepared to leverage advantage of the opportunities in the sector.
“We need the skills set, we need the technology to drive the process and yours is a technology that we can embrace,” he said.
Speaking further, Shettima gave assurance that Nigeria would continue to strengthen its ties with the Republic of Korea.
