UK to train Nigerian civil servants in digital skills
The United Kingdom plans to train civil servants in basic digital skills and support state governments to develop a digital economy policy and strategy.
The country Lead and Programme Adviser, UK Government’s Digital Access Programme, Idongesit Udoh, said this in Abuja on Friday at the grand finale of the DigitalForAll Challenge organized by Tech4Dev in partnership with Microsoft.
She further said that the UK government has constantly supported Nigeria in technology development.
“The UK is actively supporting Nigeria through tech development. And of course, we have worked with the federal government in the past on things like developing the national broadband plan.
“On the cyber front, we provided technical assistance to develop the new Nigeria cybersecurity policy and strategy. And currently, we are working with the private sector on multiple front including digital skills for women and girls but also across the states from North to the South upskilling on basic digital skills”.
