The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has started the 2022 e-Government Service-Wide capacity building programme for public servants.
The capacity building which began on Wednesday in Abuja, is in continuation of the implementation of the e-Government Master Plan and the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy through the Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2021-2024) of NITDA.
The programme is targeted at equipping public servants in the nation with the necessary skills needed for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the future of work.
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of NITDA, said the training would be driven even to rural areas to ensure digital inclusion.
Inuwa, represented by Dr Collins Agu, Director, Research and Development, said “technology is dynamic which makes up skilling and reskilling come into play, especially for federal public servants that will be driving all government digital transformation”.
Prof. Mohammed Bello, Managing Director, Galaxybone Limited and the Co-Chairman of e-Government Training Centre (e-GTC), recalled that the centre had made progress in the number of public servants trained.
“In 2020 the number of public servants trained was 489 but we had 890 in 2021 and the number of effective training days was 26 and 48 in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
“The number of effective training hours was 208 in 2020 and 384 in 2021.
“If you look at the number of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) the centre was able to pitch, there were 25 in 2020 and in 2021 they were 41.
“The number of Public servants invited in 2020 was 765 and 1,220 in 2021,” he said.
The Director of e-GTC, Prof. Suleiman Mohammed, while giving the training plan for the year, mentioned that the Executive Course I was included, to train Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of Agencies and Parastatal of the government.
“We intend to have nine batches within the year, two in a month fortnightly; in each batch we will have 20 CEOs making it a total of 180 CEOs to be trained.
“We have the Executive Course II which targets public servants at the Directorate Cadre and in each batch we are inviting 100 participants and we intend to have 18 batches, making a total of 1,800 participants.
“For the professional course which we are having with you now, we are targeting 100 participants and we are planning for 13 batches, making it 1,300 participants,” Mohammed said.
He said the agency would be replicating Executive Courses I and II across the country, which it had started in Abuja and across the six geopolitical zones.
(NAN)
