The Federal Government has unveiled plans to achieve 95 per cent digital literacy among Nigerians by 2030, with a mid-term goal of training 30 million citizens by 2027. The announcement was made in Abuja at the finale of the Tech4Dev Digital for All Challenge 2.0.
The National Information Technology Development Agency said it is pursuing the target through collaborations with the National Youth Service Corps and schools nationwide. Corps members are being trained as Digital Literacy Champions and deployed across all local government areas to drive the programme.
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Officials added that a monitoring portal has been created to track real-time training data. The government also confirmed that, working with the Ministry of Education, digital literacy has now been embedded into Nigeria’s school curriculum at all levels, ensuring future generations are equipped for the digital economy.
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