Nigeria has revealed that it aims to achieve no less than 70% digital literacy by the end of the year 2027.
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this on Friday.
Inuwa said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu to discuss collaboration towards achieving President Bola Tinubu’s digital literacy mandate for Nigeria.
“During the meeting, Inuwa highlighted the goal of achieving 70% digital literacy in Nigeria by 2027 with NITDA’s Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) initiative aiming to train 50 million Nigerians,” the agency wrote on X.
Dr. Sununu expressed the ministry’s commitment to supporting the initiative, emphasizing the inclusion of in-service teacher training and utilising teachers in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the country for wider outreach.
The minster, meanwhile, has directed that a Technical Working Group (TWG) should be established immediately and all relevant MDAs should be co-opted for optimal results.
