“This is the 21st century. It is not just the knowledge century, it is the innovation century. Such innovation must be deliberately articulated as a national policy to get the youths and the infants digitally savvy from early school. Nigeria, I must note, is very lucky because we have fertile minds ready to out-innovate the world. That is why everywhere you go, Africa and indeed the black man is waiting for Nigeria to lead the way. All we need is the right environment, right tools and requisite skills set and this is the gap we are filling at DBI as a government-owned ICT capacity building institute. I want to see more government spending in ICT skills development. I desire that the private sector gets even more ambitious in its ICT spend in this regard. That way, creating a globally recognised silicon valley and its allied components would not be far-fetched.” – Dr Ike Adinde, talking about the DBI initiatives on adding value to growth and development in an interview, January 3, 2019.
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LET’S GIVE IT ALL THE PUSH IT DESERVES…THE YOUTHS ENERGY NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY HARNESSED FOR MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT IN ICT IN NIGERIA. JUST KEEP TRYING! GOOD LUCK NIGERIA!