ABUJA–THE Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,Sadiya Umar Farouq, has announced the commencement of the N-Power, N-Knowledge programme in the six geo-political zones of the country including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

 She made the announcement through a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali .

Alkali explained that,”The N-Knowledge is a component of the N-Power Programme focused on equipping young Nigerians with relevant skills and certification to become competent workers, innovators and entrepreneurs prepared for both the domestic and global digital job market.”

” N-Power (N-Knowledge) programme will upskill 20,000 young Nigerians on the global radar as exporters of world- class services and content in the creative and information technology sectors”,he said.

 The Permanent Secretary noted that the training component was targeted at developing competencies of the youth in software development and Hardware training which will be catalyzed to make Nigeria compete in the outsourcing market for software development. 

 

Source: Vanguardngr


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