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\nTechnology Development Agency (NITDA), says it has repositioned to train more unemployed Nigerians to be able to compete with others globally.
\nDr Vincent Olatunji, Ag. Director-General of the agency, stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a training organised for unemployed graduates from the six geo-political zones of the country.
\nHe said the agency had trained 50 unemployed graduates in Online Business Process Outsourcing.
\n\u201cThe training is to reduce the level of unemployment in the country and chart a new course for economic diversification.\u2019\u2019
\nVincent added that Online Business Process Outsourcing \u201cis jobs online anybody can get and do from any location via computer or a smart phone with internet connection.
\n\u201cOnline outsourcing pilot is aimed at practical testing of this relatively new industry from various perspectives.\u2019\u2019
\nHe said the platform would assess the willingness of high school graduates and female homemakers to do lower tasks such as data entry, digitisation, image rendering, among others.
\nHe added that the scope of the project was to create 300 jobs and provide insights on the long term interest and sustainability of workers or businesses in online outsourcing.
\nVincent said it was to help the pilot workers to win and perform actual jobs on international online outsourcing platforms.
\n\u201cI am excited to declare this training open; this is the second in less than two weeks after the training for People with Disabilities.
\n\u201cWhat we are doing is to affect the lives of Nigerians irrespective of status, positively.
\n\u201c We are to develop a global competitive human capital with the aim of equipping them with training to make them globally employable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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