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Gov. Uzodimma Finally Unveils 4-Year Economic Agenda

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The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has finally unveiled his much teased Imo state digital economic agenda for the years 2022 to 2026 which would be used to capture all the communities in the state in an organised economic net.

Uzodimma, who had announced the launching of the agenda in Owerri on Monday, said that it had been anchored on six strategic pillars aimed at harmonizing digitalization plans for the state’s economy.

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The pillars include digital literacy and skill, solid infrastructure, service infrastructure, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, collaboration and partnership.

Meanwhile, he added that it would enhance access to information and knowledge, poverty eradication and social inclusion.

“The agenda will foster strategic partnership with the tech ecosystem, and facilitate broadband penetration across towns and villages to enable fast pace-based social economic growth in the State.

“Imo is the first State to establish a Ministry of Digital-Economy and E-Government with the sole objective of supporting the Federal Government’s policy thrust of diversifying the economy through the deployment of digital technology,” he said.

According to him, the full implementation of the Imo Digital Economy Agenda (IDEA) 2022-2026 would position Imo as the Digital Skills Hub in Africa.

Also that it would help build smart cities that leverage digital technologies to drive governance, innovation and entrepreneurship while promoting value creation and prosperity for all.

“Other expected outcomes will include but are not limited to, providing an enabling environment for the public and private sectors, civil societies and development partners’ participation in training five million Nigerians including Imo people in technical skills which will snowball into the creation of a Digital Skills Database to identify a digitally literate Nigerians and their levels of competence.

“The programme also targets the 27 local government areas (LGAs) of Imo State aimed at capturing those in the rural areas, villages and communities because the greater number of the population are domiciled in those areas.

“It will provide and organize programmes for the kids in what is called ‘catch them young’, using learning tools that will make them feel interested.

“The sole objective of this is meeting their needs so that by the end of the digital programme they will be useful to themselves, the economy of the State and the world at large,” he said.

The governor had also noted that it would position Imo as Africa’s highest supplier of market-entry and high-level digital skills with sustained digital literacy and skills programmes to create opportunities for Imo Digital Status to solve local and global challenges.

 

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