This is in furtherance to the delivery of the president Muhammadu Buhari’s administrative ambitious policy of uplifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.
The director general and CEO of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, officially flagged off the TIES Scheme during a hybrid session that took place live at the Venture Park Hub in Abuja while other locations like Lagos, Port Harcourt, Katsina, Kano, and Enugu joined virtually.
Inuwa disclosed that NITDA had conceptualised and designed the TIES Scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a capacity building programme targeted at addressing the digital skills gaps through trainings for hub managers, provision of incubation work to ensure massive creation of entrepreneurs and jobs within the ecosystem for young Nigerians.