Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has called on the Senior Executive Course 46 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, to critically examine the place of the digital economy in the country’s Agenda 2050 and the National Development Plan (2021 – 2025).
He spoke, yesterday, in Abuja, during a courtesy visit by Sturdy Group Six of the Senior Executive Course, stating that the evaluation had become imperative to determine if the digital economy, which offers immense opportunities for youth employment and sustainable job creation, was properly captured in both documents.
Saying that the digital economy was not the preserve of a ministry, but a golden field that should be embraced by all in order not to be left behind in the digital space, the minister explained that the creation of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, as well as the separation of the Ministry of Youths from Sports, were a clear demonstration of the President Bola Tinubu administration’s commitment to facilitate the development these sectors of the economy.
Bagudu stated that several interventions, such as the approval of the N300 billion Youth Investment Fund; the training of three million youths in the (I –DICE) project and the creation of a National Agricultural Development Fund for every part of the country were laudable programmes.
