The Federal Government is adopting digital revolutions for job creation, better governance and youth empowerment across the country.
Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC Umar Danbatta made this known, while delivering the combined 10th and 11th Convocation Lecture of Fountain University, with the theme: “Empowering Nigeria Youth Through Information and Communications Technology, ICT in Osogbo, Osun state.
He noted that ICT is now synonymous with empowerment, as it transforms processes effectively and plays the role of an enabler in the various sectors of the economy for national development.
Danbatta added that information technology revolution has created opportunities for the youth in the labour market globally, saying the World Economic Forum 2019 affirmed that at least 133 million new roles may emerge globally by 2022 as a result of the new division of labour between humans, machines and algorithms. The NCC Boss also said that the ICT sector had been consistently contributing above 10 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP for over 10 years, adding that as of fourth quarter of 2020, the telecom sector alone contributed 12.45 per cent to GDP
