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November 13, 2019
The Minister of Youth and SportsDevelopment Sunday Dare says Federal Government will equip 200 thousand youthswith basic, intermediate and advanced digital skills in the areas of web designand management, software training and cloud computing in the next two years.
Dare who said this in Abuja at the2019 Africa Youth Day celebration with the theme “ One Million by 2021, CountMe In”, noted that youths would also be equipped on Artificial Intelligence,App development, mobile device repairs, coding and data processing
The Minister said that the AfricanUnion decided to dedicate one month this year to the commemoration of thisimportant event.
He added that November 1st isobserved as African Youth Day, having been recognised and adopted in June 2006by African Heads of Government at their meeting in Banjul, Gambia.
Also, the Minister of State, Scienceand Technology Mohammed Abdullahi, said that the two ministries wouldcollaborate to ensure that the country achieved its youths agenda.