After concluding a pilot phase that reached over 150,000 participants in 12 states, the agency is now taking the initiative nationwide with one objective: to train at least 70% of the population with essential digital skills by 2027, and 95% by the end of the decade.

The DL4ALL programme is part of the Federal Government’s strategy to build a digitally capable society under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The stakes are high, and NITDA is treating this as a national emergency on digital illiteracy.

The structure of the training rests on six practical focus areas: Device and Software Operation, Information and Data Literacy, Communication and Collaboration, Digital Content Creation, Online Safety, and Problem Solving. 

Each area is built to offer hands-on, accessible instruction, targeting not just urban dwellers but also communities in remote locations where access to technology remains limited.

“We are building a future where no Nigerian is left behind,” NITDA said. That statement reiterates the agency’s current approach—direct, ambitious, and firmly rooted in collaboration with local governments, development agencies, and private sector partners.

Unlike previous initiatives that usually stagnated after launches, DL4ALL is designed to evolve. It goes beyond conventional training models, blending digital inclusion with national development goals. 

The idea is not to create millions of software engineers overnight, but to ensure that the average Nigerian understands the basics of digital tools well enough to function, grow, and even innovate within today’s economy.

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has consistently pushed for measurable outcomes. Earlier this year, he unveiled plans to train 1.1 million residents in Enugu State alone by 2027, under the same programme. 

It’s part of a wider digital literacy agenda that includes the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) initiative. According to him, “All training programmes of this administration are geared towards ensuring that 90% of Nigerians are digitally literate by 2030.”

Dr. Tijani also made it clear that this doesn’t mean the country is trying to produce 90% software engineers. “Being digitally literate does not mean that 90% of Nigerians will become tech talents,” he said. “It means they would be given the foundation to be able to choose to participate in the digital economy.”

That foundation is exactly what DL4ALL intends to provide; as the programme scales across the country, NITDA has promised to monitor progress, measure impact, and adjust where needed to ensure the outcomes are tangible and inclusive.

The two-day workshop brought together representatives from government agencies, private sector organisations, civil society groups, development partners, and academic institutions to forge a unified path toward digital inclusion for all Nigerians.

The workshop served as a strategic platform for national collaboration, with the primary goal of strengthening partnerships, aligning strategies, and establishing robust data systems to track digital literacy across the country.

It also sought to define a collective roadmap towards achieving 70% digital literacy by 2027 and 95% by 2030, as envisioned in the National Digital Literacy Framework (NDLF) launched in 2023.

Participants engaged in insightful discussions, focused on consolidating digital literacy efforts under the NDLF to avoid duplication and promote efficiency.

Other critical areas of dialogue included:

• The importance of stakeholder profiling to map ongoing efforts and foster strategic collaborations.
• The role of innovation and technology in extending digital literacy to rural and underserved communities.
• The urgent need for a unified data management system to track training outcomes and enhance policy decisions.
• A shared understanding that digital literacy must be mainstreamed into all facets of national life—education, business, governance, and community development.

The workshop concluded with several key resolutions and outcomes designed to drive progress in an inclusive and measurable manner:

• Enhanced Collaboration: All stakeholders committed to working more intentionally by pooling resources and aligning their initiatives for maximum impact.
• National Digital Literacy Data Framework: A centralised data system, to be hosted by NITDA, will be established to facilitate evidence-based planning and accountability.
• Stakeholder Categorisation: Participants were classified into three categories—Providers, Enablers, and Funders—to clarify roles and streamline engagement.
• Inclusive Focus: Programmes will prioritise women, youth, persons with disabilities, and remote communities to ensure that no Nigerian is left behind.
• Sustainability: Emphasis was placed on developing scalable and long-term interventions rather than isolated, short-term projects.

In moving forward, workshop participants agreed to:

• Establish a National Digital Literacy Technical Committee comprising representatives from all relevant sectors.
• Institutionalise the Digital Literacy Stakeholders Workshop as an annual event to sustain collaboration and review progress.
• Support and drive the full implementation of the National Digital Literacy Framework.
• Promote open data-sharing through a centralised NITDA platform to increase transparency and foster synergy.
• Design and deploy scalable digital literacy programmes tailored to Nigeria’s socio-cultural and economic realities.
• Convene regular follow-up sessions to track implementation, resolve challenges, and recalibrate strategies as necessary.

According to Mrs Hadiza Umar, director, Corporate Communications and Media Relations at NITDA, the event underscored NITDA’s commitment to delivering on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly as it relates to digital inclusion, economic empowerment, and national development.

The highlight of the event was the inauguration of a National Digital Literacy Working Group to provide technical oversight in the implementation of the digital literacy framework and workshop recommendation.

The committee would be chaired by David Daser, the President DBI and consist of members across the digital literacy ecosystem.

The programme is in line with initiatives aimed at enhancing the skills and competencies of government employees in navigating digital tools and technologies,

This initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.

The programme aims to equip civil servants with the necessary skills to effectively utilise digital technologies, thereby improving their productivity and efficiency.

This is particularly important as digital transformation is fundamentally about people, and having a workforce that is proficient in digital tools is crucial for driving economic growth and development.

Kashifu Inuwa, the director general of NITDA, at the launch of a 3-day workshop on digital literacy training and certification for federal civil servants in Abuja, emphasised that digital transformation is a journey, not a destination, and it is fundamentally about people, not technology.

He stressed that without the active involvement and engagement of individuals, technology alone will not drive meaningful change.

He said,

“Technology makes our lives better, the government cannot accomplish that without you, as you are the one who creates the policies, designs the services, and delivers them to citizens”

The NITDA boss revealed that to reach the ambitious goal of 70% digital literacy by 2027, NITDA has launched an innovative initiative called Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) aims to empower Nigerians with essential digital skills, making them digitally literate and proficient in navigating the digital landscape.

He said,

“The first initiative to work with the Ministry of Education to develop digital literacy skills curriculum has been approved and we started the implementation this month. We are working now on training all teachers and collaborating with National University Commission, National Board for Technical Education, and National Commission for Colleges of Education, to infuse it in all tertiary institutions curriculum.

“The second one is working with NYSC to recruit 80 champions in each NYSC stream, every year we will train at least Ten million and three hundred thousand Nigerians on digital literacy. And the third one is the workforce readiness. According to world Bank, by 2030 between 35 to 45 percent of work in Nigeria will need digital competency,” he added.

Mrs. Fatima Sugra Tabi’a Mahmood, the representative of Head of Service of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, emphasised the importance of transforming the civil service into a dynamic, technology-driven, and globally competitive workforce, adding that the vision is a cornerstone of the Federal Service Commission’s strategy and implementation plan, which prioritises the journey towards a digitally literate civil service.

She maintained that the workshop is not just a training exercise, but a pivotal opportunity to shape the future of Nigeria’s public service.

“By acquiring cutting-edge tools and knowledge, participants will be empowered to deliver their mandate more effectively, driving meaningful change and progress in the country”, she averred.

While acknowledging that the partnership between the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation and NITDA, serves as a shining example of collaboration in achieving shared goals, she expressed her gratitude to NITDA and other participating organisations for their roles in bringing this vision to life.

“This collaboration underscores the importance of working together to harness the power of digital technology and drive meaningful change in Nigeria’s public service,” she added.

This is in line with NITDA’s mandate to foster digital literacy, cultivate talents and empower Nigerians with the knowledge and skills needed.

This visionary effort to integrate digital literacy comprehensively into Nigeria’s educational framework came to light during a courtesy visit to Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, the minister of Education, by Kashifu Inuwa, DG NITDA, and his management team on Friday.

The partnership forms a cornerstone of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, an ambitious vision to equip young Nigerians with the critical skills required to thrive in the rapidly evolving digital economy.

This initiative seeks to embed digital literacy across all levels of education in Nigeria, starting from the foundational stages in kindergarten through to secondary schools and tertiary institutions, in order to achieve short-term target of 70% and long-term target of 95% digital literacy by the year 2030

During the meeting, Inuwa underscored the urgency of fostering a digitally literate population, highlighting the potential of digital skills to transform lives and economies.

“The future is digital, and the world is evolving faster than ever. If we are to prepare our youth for tomorrow’s challenges, we must begin with today’s education. This collaboration with the Ministry of Education is a bold step toward ensuring that no Nigerian child is left behind in this journey toward global competitiveness and innovation,” he remarked.

According to Inuwa, the initiative aims to bridge the digital divide and ensure that every child in Nigeria is adequately prepared to participate in a global economy increasingly defined by digital transformation.

In his response, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa praised NITDA’s forward-thinking approach and affirmed the Ministry’s unwavering support for the initiative. “Education remains the foundation upon which national development is built. We are ready partner with relevant stakeholders to embed digital literacy into our educational framework, empower our children with the tools and skills they need to not only adapt to change but to drive it,” he said.

With CISCO, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Universities Commission (NUC), National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC), and other stakeholders involved, there is already shared commitment to creating an inclusive and technology-driven educational ecosystem.

This ecosystem will empower young Nigerians to not only consume technology but to innovate, lead, and compete on the global stage as the nation progresses into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. NITDA,

The collaborative effort is set to tackle various dimensions of digital literacy, ranging from curriculum development to teacher training and capacity building. It will also involve the deployment of state-of-the-art digital tools and infrastructure across educational institutions. This holistic approach is designed to provide students with hands-on exposure to technology, encouraging critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills from an early age.

Furthermore, the partnership aims to create a ripple effect that goes beyond the classroom, it sets to empower educators with the requisite skills to teach digital literacy effectively, and transform the entire teaching and learning process in Nigeria. It will also focus on addressing regional disparities by ensuring equal access to digital resources in underserved and rural communities, leaving no child or teacher behind.

The involvement of key stakeholders like CISCO, NBTE, NUC, NTI, NMC, and UBEC further strengthens the initiative. Their combined expertise and resources will provide a robust framework for implementing the partnership’s goals. From introducing cutting-edge technology in schools to fostering a culture of innovation, the collaboration is poised to redefine what education means in Nigeria.

This initiative aligns with Nigeria’s broader goal of positioning itself as a continental leader in digital transformation and innovation.

With technology increasingly shaping the global economy, Nigeria’s youth stand at the forefront of this revolution, ready to harness the opportunities presented by a digital-first world.

The partnership further indicates federal government’s commitment to achieving inclusive and sustainable development through digital literacy, and reshaping the very fabric of Nigerian education, ensuring it aligns with the demands of the modern era.

Inuwa made this statement during a Stakeholders Dialogue and High-Level Policy Committee meeting focused on the Review of Basic Education Curriculum organised by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) in Abuja.

The DG stated that one of NITDA’s primary mandates, as directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to ensure that Nigeria achieves 95% digital literacy by 2030, with a midterm goal of reaching 70% by 2027.

He noted that this ambitious target cannot be achieved by NITDA alone, and therefore, the agency is seeking partnerships to develop digital literacy and skills curricula within the formal education system.

“We cannot do it alone. But we believe, with you, we can do it. That is why we are exploring this partnership, to work with you, to build digital literacy and skills curricula in our formal education,” he added.

He noted that what was once considered science fiction is now becoming reality, and the educational system must adapt to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

Inuwa further explained that President Tinubu has tasked the ministry with accelerating the diversification of Nigeria’s economy by enhancing productivity in critical sectors through technological innovation.

While stressing that building human capital is essential for achieving this goal, as knowledge is the foundation of a robust and sustainable economy, Inuwa added that “at NITDA, our mandate is to develop IT, which is the cornerstone of meaningful development. A nation’s greatest resource is not its minerals, but its human capital, and we must be intentional about harnessing this resource.”

Inuwa also added that many professions will eventually be at risk of being overtaken by automation, which makes digital skills a necessity for future employability.

Emphasising the importance of equipping children with digital skills to maintain their cognitive abilities and foster responsible use of technology, noted that “technology is a double-edged sword, while children are often distracted by social media, the right digital skills can help them use technology for self-development.”

Buttressing DG NITDA’s statement, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, the minister of State for Education, noted that the world is rapidly advancing into the digital era.

He stressed that technology is reshaping various sectors, including agriculture and health, and that it is crucial for Nigeria to adapt.

“Technology is on the rise, and it’s either you join or get left behind. Our children’s education must provide a foundation that enables critical thinking, problem-solving, and self-protection,” the Minister said.

Dr. Sununu also highlighted the current administration’s commitment to addressing the nation’s educational challenges, including curriculum reform. He pointed out that Nigeria is one of the countries most affected by the global learning crisis, with one in five out-of-school children worldwide being Nigerian. Moreover, one in four Nigerian children suffers from poor literacy and critical thinking skills, which are significant barriers to national development.

The Minister revealed that the administration’s Marshall Plan for Education for the Community of Hope, which outlines the roadmap for the education sector from 2024 to 2027, is a comprehensive and action-oriented plan aimed at overhauling the education system.

This plan, he noted, prioritises curriculum review and renewal at all levels to ensure that education in Nigeria is functional and contributes to the nation’s overall development goals.

According to him, this is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to create millions of jobs by leveraging digital technologies and achieving a digital literacy rate of 70% by 2027.

Inuwa made these remarks during a meeting with the management team of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), led by its Executive Secretary, Professor Ismail Junaidu, at NITDA’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.

He stated that digital technology has an important role to play in the design of the curriculum, content and processes due to evolution of technology. This disruptive technology has substituted the way of doing things worldwide of which Nigeria as a country is not to be left behind.

“We must lead in developing a competency-based, outcome-focused curriculum that addresses the demands of the 21st century. This will enable us to produce a skilled workforce capable of meeting the needs of the Nigerian market and attracting investment from other countries.  Integrating digital skills into the curriculum is crucial for national development and economic growth,” Inuwa stated.

He further asserted that government policies and objectives, especially those that relate to sustainable development, 21st century skills, digital economy, creative arts and digital technology will create a pathway for nation-building.

Inuwa also explained that things have scaled up to meet up the new normal, like computer precision to digitalisation which is the central focus of the curriculum to provide citizens with the required knowledge and skills and digital technology for growth and development.

In his earlier remarks, the Executive Secretary of NERDC Prof. Ismail Junaidu stated that their institution is charged with the primary responsibility of curriculum development for the country at all levels and this cannot be done without the infusion of digital literacy as a critical area for the development of any country.

The ES noted that the visit was to scale up the existing relationship, partnership and engagement and to explore potential areas that both organisations will have a tie towards national development. 

Junaidu added that the institution is also responsible for undertaking and promoting book development, and local authorship for quality assurance, conducting educational research for public policy formulation and implementation and developing Nigerian languages and promoting other languages to enhance education delivery and for public use.

The Professor also commended NITDA for its significant contributions to advancing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) across Nigeria.

He praised the Agency’s efforts, which span across almost all states and highlighted the impact these initiatives have had on driving growth and development in the ICT sector.

The Digital literacy App marked a leap in technological innovation and inclusivity with its design to interact seamlessly in four local languages: Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, and Pidgin.

The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, who was the special guest at the launch, recalled how NITDA and UNICCON Group had signed an MOU earlier in the year to partner on developing the digital literacy app.

The DG was excited as he revealed that he was privileged to represent the former Vice President to launch Omeife, the first Humanoid robot in Africa, in December 2022. Three months later, he came on a facility tour of UNICCON group, and thereafter, challenged the Chairman, Dr. Chucks Ekwueme, to develop the Digital Literacy App. “We need to use the technology to solve existing problems and decide on digital literacy because it is the currency to a digital economy”.

Inuwa assured of NITDA’s commitment towards investing in UNICCON Group in terms of research, and called for developmental partners to collaborate to achieve this vision. He further, commended the efforts of GIZ who are currently working with NITDA on the policy dialogue to implement the National Digital Literacy Framework (NDLF).

“As a government regulatory body, NITDA is saddled with the responsibility to deliver on the administration’s ambitious target of achieving 95% digital literacy by 2030, to enable Nigeria become a global superpower in digital economy, and Nigerians needs to be digitally literate,” said the NITDA boss.

He noted that the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, recently, unveiled a blueprint with a mid-term target of achieving 70% by the end of 2023, by training 70% of 200 million within four years in, in-person training. “That’s why we need this kind of technology”, he added excitedly. 

He further encouraged the UNICCON Group to attend the upcoming policy dialogues scheduled to hold in Lagos, Kano, and Port Harcourt, to provide a platform to exhibit Omeife and get possible feedback on how to improve on it, to make it the primary or main tool to implement NDLF in Nigeria. 

Accordingly, he explained that the policy dialogue is a forum where critical industry stakeholders participate to enable co-creation of the policy. Adding that Nigeria is invested in the application of AI, which is embedded in the blueprint launched by the Minister, and the President has given the mandate to grow the nations’ GDP and economy through technology. 

“AI has become an important technology in the world today and if humanity can develop it right, it would be the last invention needed as humans, because AI can do anything we want,’’ said Inuwa.

He disclosed more benefits available in AI, stating that if applied to its fullest there would be algorithms creating algorithms and robots working for humans. With the application of AI in biology, it will accelerate a lot of innovation. 

“There is the projection about a bio 3D printing human organ, likewise, there is conversation about growing plant and meat from stem cells. When there is a convergence of AI with biology, all these are possible”, he asserts.

“Today, we are building the technology here in Nigeria, for Africa. If we exempt our local contents from the AI we are building, our culture and values would be forgotten,” he added. 

Therefore, according to Inuwa, Nigeria and Africa should not be left behind in this fourth industrial revolutions (4IR). With emerging technologies, what is paramount is the talent and the people, which Nigeria has in abundance given our teeming youthful population.

“Technology cannot work without the people. It is like a ying and yang, the technology, and the people”, he affirmed.

Speaking further, he added that there is need to build and invest in digital literacy and talent in general and NITDA is happy to partner with UNICCON Group to make this a reality. 

He applauded the UNICCON Group for the convergence of the different sectors of emerging technology in their company. “This is revolutionary and a game changer to the future which is arriving faster than we expected. Thank you for taking up the challenge and delivering in a significant milestone”, he concluded.

Dr. Chuks Ekweme in his opening speech said that Omeife App is tailored to meet the Nigerian and African experience to users. “The App can be used both by the literate and the illiterate. We are working on making Nigeria become one of the superpowers in the world”. 

He said, Omeife is built with the capacity to provide an interactive, personalised experience for anybody acquiring the digital literacy skills.

The analysis of trending statistics on digital literacy and productivity shows an intriguing pattern.  For instance, Capterra’s recent data on this subject, states that 76% of businesses state that a lack of digital skills would impact the profitability of their company.

Eighty-eight percent (88%) of young people believe that digital skills will be crucial for the future of their careers. 70% of the young workforce states that they want an employer who invests in their digital literacy skills.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for the individual Nation’s workforce to have sufficient levels of digital literacy to reap the efficacy of digitalization and embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution was already irresistible.

It is plausible that as each country either developed or developing emerges from the pandemic, that necessity will have only increased, and geometrically so to point up.

For instance, the sudden changes imposed on the education sector, healthcare sector, and other critical sectors of the economy have exposed shortages in digital literacy.

Digital literacy will play a crucial role in solving the productivity puzzle in construction and provide some exciting inventions and or innovations.

Digital literacy is also crucial in the information and communications sector which has experienced rapid change in how individual’s access and consume news scoping of information content.

Trendily, tertiary institutions also have a crucial role to play in enriching learners’ digital literacy to subsidize them with readily transferable skills, attitudes, and ethics that prepare them for a workplace that is fast being remade by technology especially, AI.

It is important, however, that it is digital literacy in its truest sense that is stimulated by researchers and facilitated students with innovative learning pathways if you prefer.

Too often the focus can be on teaching the technical operations pedagogical when using digital tools, whereas a more immersive, all-encompassing approach,  like,  Andragogical upskilling by digital literacy should help develop learners’ proficiency to cognitively apply their skills to evaluate, analyze, criticize, synthesize, and produce new information, to be curious in finding difficulties and using digital tools to solve them, elicit ingenious projects and other undertakings with the respective communication styles in innovative and visually captivating routes.

Consequently, we live in a digital world where computer skills allow us to learn new information, stay connected with loved ones, and create opportunities for employment creation and career advancement.

Today’s capacity building centrally takes root from the making and advancing of digital transformation skills to explore the fundamentals of working with operating systems, applications, and productivity tools such as Microsoft Word and Excel, and learn to confidently navigate the online world.

The pathway to elucidating the hardware and software domains that make up a computer to collaborate and connect using online productivity tools is becoming a leaning towards the act of useful approach to escalating the overall objective of job and wealth creations.

It all centres on learning how to use social media, and other usefulness of the internet safely and responsibly.

The currently applicable strand for productivity dictates that the need to work with computers and the associated devices is within and extending inclusively. In other words, digitalization helps around the getting of the essential digital skills needed to succeed in the new world of work. Such includes the basics of working with devices like computers, tablets, and mobile phones, and is associated with the skillfulness of bringing your device to upping and upskilling the productivity pathways to robust economic development.

Working and collaborating online. In today’s centrality of unprecedented working is how best you get to use the internet and collaborate with others online. You become digitally transformed with the appropriation of the skills you need to safely search the web, use video chat and email, and more.

For example, the use of the Microsoft 365 suite can help optimize your productivity in your personal and professional life. Digital tools such as industrialization via online partnership platforms, and project management software can increase efficiency in the workplace.

By relieving manual tasks and streamlining workflows, digital literacy can help workers achieve their goals more quickly, and develop nearly strategy for everything simply, and seamlessly escalation of strategy that works efficiently.

For productivity, much is important essentially the “doing” that results from usage, learning, and the making use of the relevant digital tools. At times, the citizens do not know what they like; they like what they know. For example, many assume that face-to-face pedagogy is the best way to teach and that andragogical nurturing via online facilitation is innately defective.

They seek ways for online initiatives to support the high-grade face-to-face experience. Such a position has become mostly the issue in the post-Covid era.

Now nearly three-quarters of world Universities turn this view on its head, asking what face-to-face support is required to supplement online education.

The transitory term reminds us to look at learning, for example, challenges from many directions as blended as trending globally. Before the most recent pandemic, this made computer-only practicum glance outlandish. It drives us to pick the right tools to get the job done, but the reverse has now become the productivity learning pathway.

Another component of thought remains unconferences. Conferences used to come in one flavour: dull. New advances in the craft of making gatherings that individuals appreciate are frequently coordinated in meagre time and at negligible expense.

Unconferences are recognized severally by no featured subject matter expert or assigned master; advancement considering conceived variety; having a good time managing serious subjects; developing self-association; veritable local area, closeness, and regard.

Nonetheless, the future of work, which is indeed now, is all about building up sufficiently to get better. Such an approach is an evolutionary challenge.

Regardless, the eventual fate of work, which is to be sure now, is tied in with getting better at improving. Such a methodology is a transformative test.

You don’t arrive by approaching slowly and carefully. Rather, you set up a huge number of little investigations, let them tear, and see what you end up with. Meta-learning centres around working on the interaction of realizing, which incorporates how individuals learn, obstructions to learning, and working on the learning of the two people and associations.

Considering the art of productivity as aligned with the benefits that AI, data analytics, enterprise management, and others can afford the current thoughts around the offering of digitalisation practically. Capacity building brings up actively, the spiral thriving of mindful empowerment and productivity.

It could be a nexus of extending the use of applicable digital tools considering the overall journey of how the response time to get the work done keeps passing the reduction apt through the whole time on earth to extending the improvement methodology to scale up productivity geometrically. Such remains what the developing economies of the global South nations need crucially to nurture their economies to global efficacious competitiveness.

Embracing sustenance is your initial step. You’ll and should be adaptable, take a gander at things from alternate points of view, consider what you see, attempt new things, run psychological well-being tests, and focus.

A careful individual frequently removes the thoughtless auto-pilot of random living to heed the master’s guidance to “become what your identity is!” Casual learning is regular. It happens when we treat individuals and associations as living beings in nature. Such remaining part of a reasoning as an expertise.

You get better at it with training and further development. Many individuals mistake thinking for knowledge. That is an error since that speculation leads canny individuals to waste their possible by not figuring out how to think.

In prior decades, most business leaders saw no worth in the Web’s past economic transmissions. CEOs and Data Officials of those years issue timidly proposed not to commend the future of electronic business nor to cheerlead the production of an incredible public organization that, in all likelihood won’t ever emerge.

From that point forward, the Web has instructed us: Time bests flawlessness. In the days of yore, preparing wasn’t delivered until it went through a glove of editors, editors, packagers, twofold checkers, and killjoys.

The technique is tied in with everything that is a work underway. If it’s not done, mark it “draft” or “beta,” however don’t hold it up. Online organizations work with individual connections. The Web empowers one to depend on the thoughtfulness of outsiders.

Many individuals aware before have assisted me with learning. You could without much of a stretch keep your karma account in balance by helping other people learn. The Web even empowers you to chat with your legends assuming you’re trying courageous. To learn something, instruct it. The Web enables every one of us to freely communicate our thoughts. It is both narrow-minded and liberal to Share thoughts. Making sense of something on the web explains your reasoning and builds up your learning.

The world is only as big as you make it out to be. All over the planet in about a few tents of milliseconds. Amazing! With Skype, you can chat with individuals all around the globe through Voice over IP (VoIP) free of charge.

As our world of work continues to exist more in the digital world than in the physical world, the reality is far more engaging within the digital world for productivity to escalate convincingly. For example, more learning is indeed actualising andragogical through ‘Me-learning’, Google, Teacher Amazon, and other social media platforms than physical attendance in a face-to-face pedagogy.

Several credible qualifications and related certifications are available these days online with great delivery aiming solely at aggravating productivity. Qualifications, which usually entail the pathways of instructed us significantly over four years of extensive studies for learners at any top establishments of learning are now accessible for shorter times or durations with digital tools of discernable essentialities.

What’s more and why?  For a certain something, workforce productivity analytics is broadly a workforce analytics category exceeding the expectations that analytics traditionally refers to solutions offered to help organizations measure employee data for workforce planning, talent management, performance, and engagement.  Workforce productivity analytics focuses more specifically on data related to employee, team, and organizational productivity management, intended to be used by all elements of governance and organisations.

With digital literacy, workforce productivity analytics remain effective in collecting and analysing digital work activity data to help in governance and organizations’ understanding of productivity drivers like time management, technology usage, focus time, collaboration, multi-tasking, and more.

Building up visibility into these productivity drivers, with the ability to view trends, benchmarks, summaries, and team comparisons, can provide beneficial understandings to help organizations in the improvement of business outcomes and help employees and teams work wiser and smarter.

Overall, gaining a consistent view of productivity across governance frameworks, businesses’ teams remain an apt value addition to the ultimate goal of boosting productivity. Without a workforce productivity analytics solution, perceptions of individual or team productivity are vague, founded largely on the inadequacy of individuals involved and not a holistic measure of such productivity pathway. These perceptions are also highly subjective, often based on other factors wholly extraneous to substantial productivity.

Conclusively, with digital literacy, the ability to gather productivity data always becomes value addition, and invariably across governance institutions, organizational teams, and institutions to gain an objective view of productivity, based on virtual data versus subjective management of perception to create viable competitive advantage holistically.

So, governance and businesses can ensure optimising productivity from team members as collective efforts become effectual, thus extending the perpetual benefits of digital literacy in boosting overall productivity across the board of governance and business.

Ademola is a pioneer Professor and Chairperson of Professor Ademola Ojo Emmanuel Foundation.

Director of Digital Economy at the Commission, Dr. Augustine Nwaulune, who hosted a delegation of the Board, led by the Board’s Executive Secretary, Hajia Saadatu Yahya, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, recently, recalled that Nasarawa State is one of the beneficiaries of NCC’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) intervention projects such as the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP) for secondary schools, the Advanced Digital Appreciation Programme for Tertiary Institutions (ADAPTI), the Wireless Cloud, as well as the E-Health programme.

“While we don’t give scholarship to students, the NCC has continued to give research grants to lecturers and students in the universities, and provided additional opportunities including sponsoring competitions involving students, as well as endowing professorial chairs in universities across the country.

In the last seven years, the financial value of the endowments and grants is more than N500 million.

“Therefore, I will appeal to NSSB to create awareness about these initiatives of the NCC among stakeholders in the academia, particularly the research grants to enable stakeholders to leverage such opportunities offered by the Commission to scholars interested in carrying out telecommunications-based research,” he said.

Nwaulune said the NCC has been upbeat in ensuring implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), 2020-2030, in which one of its eight pillars, rests on digital literacy, while the Digital Economy Department has been set up and equipped by the Commission with the human resources required to coordinate its programmes in concrete terms.

Yahya, whose delegation visited to discuss areas of collaboration for deepening digital/technical training and skills acquisition in Nasarawa State, commended the Commission for the central role it has played in promoting digital awareness and skills across the country, and pleaded that Nasarawa State should be given more opportunities to benefit from NCC’s social investments and other digital economy-focused interventions, being the closest State to the Federal Capital Territory, the base of the Commission.

“The purpose of our visit is to seek collaboration with the NCC in whatever ways possible, especially in the areas of scholarship, and ICT skills and literacy for our people.

The ICT is, today, the engine room of global economy and we do not want to lag in this new digital order, hence, our decision to seek collaboration with organisations in the ICT space such as yours to work which, especially because you are contiguous to our State,” Yahya, the NSSB Executive Secretary said.

Other members of the delegation, including Senior Special Assistant to Nasarawa State Governor on Information and Communication Technology, Haruna Sani; and the President, Nasarawa State Students Association, Sani Jibrin, spoke in favour of a greater collaboration with the NCC which would add the needed impetus to the current efforts by the state government to leverage ICT for economic development.

Pantami, who presided over the graduation of participants at a two-week Digital Job Creation Training for the North-East in Gombe, which was facilitated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said “the reason we train citizens is because digital skills are no longer considered a luxury, but necessities required in any business you do. If you want to be successful, you need to have digital skills.’’

According to the Minister, “ICT is not just an independent sector but the key enabler of all other sectors today. It enables opportunities in education, in health, in agriculture, in security, in defence, in manufacturing, in trade, in investment and in industry.”

He, therefore, urged the participants to adopt innovation-driven enterprises and to utilize the training they have received to improve their economic status and make Nigeria a better place.

“We have to utilise ICT in order to make our country a better place. We must use ICT even for our personal economic benefits amongst others. Therefore, we want to encourage you not to waste your times online but rather to use the knowledge you have acquired to make Nigeria a better place and at the same time, derive many economic benefits from it,” he said.

The Minister highlighted that recent reports of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, about the performance of each sector of the economy, which indicated an unprecedented ICT’s contribution of 18.44 per cent to the economy, as very heart-warming about the prospects of the industry meeting with the expectations of the relevant policies.

“So, by implications, we set a record last year and we surpassed that record this second quarter of 2022 without involving the digital services. Only the ICT sector contributed 18.44 per cent, which can be attributed to the policies which we have introduced in the sector,” he said.

He said the training which has taken place in nine other states, including the Federal Capital Territory, will be conducted throughout the remaining geopolitical zones.

The Digital Job Creation Training is a two-week programme targeted at youth desirous of developing and enhancing their ICT skills in order to promote and enhance growth in the yet untapped and commercially viable digital economy both locally and globally.

Each participant at the training received starter packs comprising laptop with accessories, MiFi Modem with three months data subscription, and some money.