By Franca Ofili
The Minister of and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says Federal Government will equip 200,000 youths with basic, intermediate and advance digital skills in the areas of web design and management, software training and cloud computing in the next two years.
Dare said this in Abuja at the 2019 Africa Youth Day celebration with the theme “ One Million by 2021, Count Me In.”
He said youths would also be equipped on Artificial Intelligence, App development, mobile device repairs, coding and data processing
The minister said that the African Union decided to dedicate one month this year to the commemoration of this important event.
Dare said it was driven by the desire to mobilise at least one million youths to be among one million Africans who would benefit from direct opportunities in the areas of Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Engagement (4Es).
He added that Nov. 1 was observed as African Youth Day,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
