Some Information Communication Technology (ICT) entrepreneurs urged the Federal Government to boost the sector by providing grants to encourage start-ups and more investors instead of loans.
\nThe entrepreneurs made the call interview separate interviews with newsmen in Lagos, recently.
\nThey said that the grants would enable them to bring out innovation that could generate more employment and increase the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
\nMr Charles Idonije, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Cobai Global Resources said that government should also encourage youths through integration programmes to inculcate others who initially were not interested in building career in ICT.
\n\u201cI believe the only way to increase our GDP is for government to provide grants instead of loans to start-ups.
\n\u201cIntegration programmes should also be organised to encourage some other people who are not ICT literate.
\n\u201cThey should also consider for dropouts and illiterates with talents in the programme.
\n\u201cGovernment should setup agencies for bringing out the core competence in our youths and teenagers,\u201d Idonije said.
\nMr Abiodun Animashaun, the Country Manager, GoodsExpress.com said that government needed to provide grants to the sector to boost and create an enabling environment for ICT sector.
\nAnimashaun appealed to government to set up proper infrastructure that would empower millions of people as the country was currently going through diversification.
\nHe said that the contribution of the technology industry to Nigeria\u2019s progress was significant because the backbone of leading economies in the world was hinged on technology and entrepreneurship.
\n\u201cMy assessment so far is that government needs to wake up.
\n\u201cGovernment should provide enabling environment to the sector so that unemployment rate will be reduced to the bearest minimal,\u201d Animashaun said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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