By Grace Izilien
8 May, 2025
In its unwavering commitment and resolve to entrench enduring human capacity development, directly and indirectly in Lagos State, the Directorate of Employment and Job Creation, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Lagos Chapter, has embarked on a mission to empower Twenty Thousand youths across the state.
The Comrade Ibrahim Adigun Olalekan led State chapter officially flagged off the Digital Growth Accelerator Programme across the three senatorial districts of Lagos State to further deepen the state’s youths’ unrestricted access to digital literacy and knowledge in a fast evolving information communication technology and its enormous value chain.
The programme, held in partnership with the GIZ launched a one-month intensive tech training programme targeted at over One Hundred and Fifty youths with Fifty participants from each of the senatorial districts.
In his opening remarks, the Director of Employment and Job Creation, Comrade Oyedeji Rasak congratulated the beneficiaries who are privileged to be considered for the empowerment scheme, noting that from more than a thousand applicants, only One Hundred and Fifty were selected after a thorough screening process. He urged the participants to take full advantage of the training, stressing the need to make the Council proud, having invested so much in them.
The 20-day training program is designed to upskill Lagos youths, by positioning them for innovation, entrepreneurship, and job opportunities in the rapidly evolving tech industry.
The training tracks were designed to teach Product Design, Front-End Development and Data Analysis among others.
This initiative marks another bold step in the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Lagos Chapter’s unrelenting quest to equip young citizens with relevant digital skills that not only make them employable, but also empower them to become independent tech entrepreneurs and solution providers in their respective communities.
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