TECHDIGEST – The International Certification for Digital Literacy (ICDL) is set to partner with Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) on Digital skills certification programmes.

This was disclosed in a meeting between the two giants training organizations held at DBI headquarters, Abuja, recently.

Prof. Mohammed Ajiya, the president/CEO, of DBI, welcomed the ICDL delegates and gave a brief background of the institute’s products and services and previous partnerships/collaborations.

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The Chief Executive Officer of ICDL, Damien O’Sullivan stated that the International Certification for Digital Literacy (ICDL) is a global Digital Certification Scheme based in Dublin, Ireland.

He described ICDL as a world-leading computer skills certification programme which has trained over 14 million people, in over 100 countries.

The President stated that ICDL has significantly contributed to the growth of different organizations using Rwanda as an example of the role digital skill has played with their collaboration and fulfilled mandate which provides training by improving the efficiency and productivity of their employees through task simplification and reduction of manual labour.

He added that ICDL has widened the reach and client base of many African countries by equipping them with the requisite digital communication skill to engage with a fast-paced, innovative global market.

The chairman E-Tech, A.U. Mustapha (SAN) appreciated the DBI President/CEO for honouring their visit. He said they have benefitted from DBI in the past and he would be pleased if DBI can collaborate with ICDL and establish foreign training on digital literacy for ICDL on terms with the state government.

The DBI President/CEO said, “we are always open for partnerships and collaborations. Being the forefront institute on Digital Literacy, I believe we can make a change by incorporating a new curriculum to be embedded in the certification courses”.

Mr Damien O’Sullivan was accompanied by Solange Umulisa, the General Manager & Regional Manager of ICDL (Africa), Directors of E-Tech, led by their Chairman, A.U. Mustapha (SAN) and a representative of the Irish Embassy Shane Rice.

The delegation from DBI was the President/CEO Engr. Prof. Mohammed Ajiya, the Group Head of Corporate Services, Ms Viola Askia-Usoro, Institute Secretary Ms Tonia Ansa-Otudor, Group Head of Research Innovation and Consultancy, Mr Paulinus Ugwoke Head, IT Mr Nwanze Okoronkwo, Representing the Group Head of Learning and Development Mr, Emeka Nzeih, Mr Chiwunba lgbokwe of RIC department, and Ms Temidayo Olaloye of Public Affairs unit.

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TECHDIGEST – Professor Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has charged the Nigerian youths, to put their digital skills and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to appropriate and legitimate use.
Danbatta admonished the youths, particularly those who participated in the nationwide digital literacy training conducted by the Commission.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the NCC’s Digital Literacy Training for the North-West held at the Kano Campus of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Danbatta, said, “The training has provided for you, useful skills, which you have acquired to earn a living for yourself without necessarily relying on government to give you a job.

It is our hope at NCC that you will apply the skills appropriately and impact on your friends and associates. I also urge you to resist the temptations to sell the laptops and other IT tools you are going to be provided with,” Danbatta told the digital literacy training participants.

The EVC commended President Muhamamdu Buhari; Dr. Isa Pantami, the supervising minister of Communications and Digital Economy, and the Governing Board of the Commission for the implementation of the digital capacity-building initiative, describing the scheme as an important intervention approved by the Federal Government to make more Nigerian youths self-reliant.

“We, therefore, express our profound appreciation to the President and to our Ministry for making this particular training, which is a practical demonstration of one of the important pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030, possible,” he pointed out.

According to the NCC boss, the Federal Government’s policy in this direction is aimed at lifting Nigerians, particularly the youths, out of poverty, stressing that to achieve this, there was a need to impact skills to the youths who will, in turn, use the skills for self-employment.

“It is consistent with this important policy of President Muhammadu Buhari that the Board of the NCC, two years ago, set up a committee of experts chaired by the former EVC of the Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, to develop modalities and syllabus for the digital training of youths across the six geo-political zones of the country,” he explained.

According to him, the implementation of the recommendations of the committee of experts, as approved by the government, gave rise to the training, which targets 1,000 Nigerian youths to be digitally trained for self-employment.

Earlier, the President of DBI, Prof. Muhammad Ajiya, who praised Prof Dabatta for his untiring efforts to ensure the implementation of the Federal Government’s policy, said the various modules of the digital, moral and leadership skills given to the youths during the course of the training will go a long way in making the beneficiaries earn a living and be self-reliant.

Participants also expressed appreciation to the Commission for the digital skills acquisition and empowerment programme.

The training, a brainchild of the Commission, which was aimed at implementing the Federal Government’s policy to lift Nigerians out of poverty, held for two weeks across each of the six geo-political zones of the country.

Across the zones, the youth were not only trained by subject-matter experts in ICT but were also given laptops, Internet Mi-Fi, financial support and certificates certifying the digital skills they have been equipped with.

According to Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, director, Public Affairs at NCC, board members of the Commission participated at the closing and opening ceremonies of the training in their respective geo-political zones.

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