The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has disclosed that the agency is working to boost digital literacy and girl-child inclusion in the new economic era.
The Director-General of the agency Dr. Isa Pantami made the disclosure on Thursday in Lagos in his presentation themed: “Expanding Horizons With An ICT-Skilled Girlforce’’ at the e-Business Life Communications Ltd. International Girls-In-ICT Day.
He affirmed that NITDA was unfaltering in its mission to set Nigeria on the path of the irreversible digital-led economy that would leave no one behind.
Pantami who was represented by Dr. Falilat Jimoh of the Department of Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions said that the agency was optimistic that with the requisite skills, Nigerian girls could chart their own course, build sustainable businesses and even solve national problems.
He reiterated the agency’s commitment to providing the platform that will unleash the creative genius of our girl force, in order for them to reach the pristine heights they dream to attain.
In his words, “We realize the criticality of building a knowledge-based society in order to see the Nigeria of our dreams.
“We developed a roadmap that focuses on seven priority areas, namely: information regulations, capacity building, promotion of government digital services.
“Digital jobs creation and digital inclusion, youth engagement and opportunities expansion.
“We have been striving hard to reverse the exclusion of many Nigerians from the digital revolution going on,’’ he said.
Pantami said that the present administration had given the issue of digital access case a priority.
“In every human being, there is a measure of ingenuity, given the right atmosphere,’’ he said.
The director-general also lauded the efforts of e-Business Life Communications at sustaining the issue of girl-child digital literacy.
