On Thursday, the Federal Government declared that it was looking for measures to stop the trend of Nigerians relocating abroad.
In order to reduce the necessity for travel overseas, the government also stated that it would seek to ensure that Nigerians were gainfully employed.
The statement was made by Henry Ikoh, the Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, in Abuja as he greeted Ms. Deemah Yahya, the Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization, who was there as a courtesy caller in connection with the upcoming Digital Nigeria Day Conference.
He claimed that industrialization, which could be accomplished by collaborating with the DCO in the field of human capital development, was the government’s plan to reverse the trend.
He said, “The synergy is what we require, capacity building is key and technology transfer is what Nigeria and Africa in particular needs at the moment so that the world can be a global village. We need to collaborate in all areas to ensure harmony.
”If we collaborate and synergise in the area of human capital development, it would guarantee industrialisation, when people are gainfully employed and moved out from poverty, then Africans and Nigerians would not be struggling to travel abroad because everything is here. We have all the raw materials; what we really require in terms of digitalisation is for us to cross fertilise ideas, train and retrain our people then things would be better.”
According to Yahya, the group was in Nigeria to investigate its digital ecosystem and identify its actors.
She said, “We are very proud that Nigeria is a founding member of the Digital Corporation Organisation, which is a multilateral organisation that focuses on advancing the digital economy in member states. We represent 12 countries, from three continents, representing 600 million in population and $2 trillion in the GDP.
“We are very happy that Nigeria has been a founding member and we are here not only to reiterate our commitment to empowering digital economic transformation strategies of Nigeria but also to understand the ecosystem of Nigeria, being the players in terms of government, private sector, and civil society. It is also for us to understand how the DCO can help support the growth of Nigeria and hopefully be an enabler.”
According to reports, the rate at which Nigerians are leaving the country has risen.
