The Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation, & Digital Economy, Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani has announced the kick-off of the second phase of the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) initiative which is set to position Nigeria as a net-exporter of talent.

The 3MTT second phase will train a total of 270,000 Fellows bringing it to 10% after the first 30,000. The initiative has so far attracted about 1.8 million registration from intended trainees in the 774 local governments across Nigeria.

According to the Honourable Minister: “Today we announce the launch of the second cohort, which is the pilot phase of this programme. Our 270,000 new Fellows will have the opportunity to go through their courses in the next 12 to 18 months, and the goal here is to continue to provide them with cutting-edge content that they can learn from at their own pace and also link them up to physical learning locations close to where they live.”

“As we continue to build out these opportunities, our goal is to support our people to ensure that we can give them the skill set that they require to participate in the global digital economy.

“We understand that as we empower them, we will end up strengthening our ability to defend our GDP as a country, to defend the complexity of our economy, as well as ensure that we continue to drive the growth that we want to see in our beloved country.”