President Bola Tinubu on Monday celebrated Nigeria’s youths, extolling their creative zeal and determination to drive digital adoption, trends, and innovation in Nigeria and beyond.
“Within the nation’s youths lies the excellent spirit and pearl of transformation to digitally innovate Nigeria to prosperity and global acclaim,” Tinubu affirmed on the occasion of International Youth Day.
The International Youth Day is celebrated every August 12, and the 2024 theme is ‘From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development’.
The President acknowledged the strides of the youth in diverse spheres, especially in developing billion dollar technologies and innovations to make the world a more prosperous and evolved place.
He also specifically saluted youths in Ebute Metta, saying that with only a ring light and a camera, they create legitimate income and wonders in the amusement sector.
Similarly, he acknowledged “that young woman entrepreneur in Aba, creating inimitable fashion pieces, and that young man in Kano, creating pathways for sustainable agriculture through agro-technology”.
The President stated that it is in furtherance of harnessing the creative talents of the youth that his administration relaunched the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) under the Federal Ministry of Youth Development.
According to him, the facility is a N110 billion fund dedicated to empowering the youth in priority sectors to drive sustainable economic growth and development.
He pointed out that the Digital and Creative Enterprises (IDiCE) programme, the 3Million Technical Talents Scheme, the Skill-Up Artisans Programme (SUPA), and the National Youth Talent Export Programme (NATEP) are also some of the programmes to empower the nation’s young people, and create millions of IT and technical jobs that will make them globally competitive.
The President assured that his administration is determined to actualize the dreams of the youths in a sustainably expanding economy.