Commission To Partner NITDA On Digital Training

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs (NCFRMI) has said that it will partner the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the digital literacy training of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The Federal Commissioner of NCFRMI, Mrs Imaan Ibrahim,  said this in a statement issued by  the Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA , Mrs Hadiza Umar in Abuja on Monday.
Ibrahim who addressed the Director General NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa, noted that more than four million Nigerians were internally displaced, and hinted that the number was doubling up at an alarming rate.
According to her, the IDPs needed support in training, technical knowledge and tools to promote digital inclusion and national development.
The commissioner also said that apart from insecurity, natural disaster like flooding had contributed to the increase in number of IDPs.
“We are happy that NITDA is moving to train our teaming youths at the IDP camps and persons of concern. The training will contribute to the diversification of the economy that will enable the elevation of 100 million people out of poverty in 10 years as projected by President Muhammadu Buhari”, she said.
In his response, Inuwa hinted that the agency was putting measures in place to train about 10,000 IDPs on digital literacy.
He said the training was to ensure seamless reintegration of citizens who were displaced from their homes as a result of insecurity.
Giving insight about the training, he said that digital literacy was part of the implementation measures of the agency’s Strategic RoadMap and Action Plan (SRAP 2021-2024), which was inaugurated to enable a fast-growing digital economy for the country and citizens.
“Education being an important identifiable tool of elevating from poverty in the present administration has been actively employed by NITDA positively. Employing digital literacy and skills strategy, one of the seven pillars of NITDA SRAP is in line with the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS)”, he said.
Following a methodological approach,  he said, it was necessary to achieve a smart initiative, a combination of capable people, due process and deployment of adequate technology.
He added that NITDA had continuously engaged in several trainings across the six geo-political zones of the country, with the use of different platforms like virtual trainings, online platforms, and physical trainings.
“NITDA will set up a Digital Transformation Technical Working Group (DTTWG) comprising of members from both organisations to enable the execution of identified aspects for partnership”, he said.