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FG abandons plan to create thousands of ICT jobs
The Federal Government appears to have discarded its plan to create thousands of jobs through the establishment of technology hubs.
While representing President Muhammadu Buhari at an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) forum in Abuja mid-2016, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had unveiled the plan for two ‘super hubs’ in Lagos and Abuja, and six others across the country by the end of 2017.
Regrettably, the initiative, 19 months after it was announced, exists only on paper.
When The Guardian contacted the Senior Special Adviser to the President on ICT, Lanre Osibona, on the matter, he asked for some time to gather information.
Three weeks later, he has not got back to the reporter. He did not pick his calls either or reply to text messages. Laolu Akande, the spokesman for the vice president, also promised a response. He had not done so as at press time.
The Guardian , February 16, 2018
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