The Vice-Chancellor of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Prof. Abiodun Aibinu, has stated that equipping Nigeria’s youth with real digital capabilities is the foundation for the next economy.
The don made this known in his keynote address at the launch of the Icitify Digital Skills Empowerment Foundation, held on Saturday at Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan.
Those in attendance included the Chief Imam of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Ibrahim Uthman; African Action Congress governorship candidate, Chief Saheed Oladele, and his running mate, Jaye Tunlayo; as well as All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, Oyedele Alao, among other dignitaries.
Speaking on the theme, ‘Building the Digital Future: Investing In Our Youth, Transforming Our Future’, Aibinu stated that an economy increasingly shaped by digital technology and artificial intelligence demands the application of technology to create solutions, earn livelihoods and transform communities.
“We have to move beyond teaching young people to use technology to empowering them to create solutions, earn livelihoods and transform their communities through it,” he said.
