The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has appealed to Nigerian youths to make good use of the opportunities created by the Ministry for self-improvement and better living.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare believes, the Ministry’s Partnership with the IBM Digital Nation Africa to provide digital skills training for the youth will enhance their skills and create opportunities as the world is currently moving into knowledge based spaces, harnessing new areas of communication and diverse opportunities. Youth, therefore, should move with the World’s flow.

The partnership will equip young people with the knowledge and tools to design and develop digital solutions while remaining abreast of the dynamic changes in the new technology driven economy.

Recall that the Ministry, late September 2019, conceived the Digital Youth Nigeria (Dy.ng) program, which is a component of the DEEL initiative. The goal of the Digital Youth Nigeria program include equipping Nigerian youth with basic and advance technological development skills in the digital world to be deployed across various sectors.

The program is aimed at equipping 500,000 young people with digital skills through available Youth Development Centres and Specialised Enterprise centres in all six geopolitical zones of the country.