FG Moves To End The Japa Syndrome Through Industrialization

The Continued Relocation of Nigerians abroad has continued to generate reactions from across the country, with the federal government assuring that it was seeking ways to halt the trend.

Recall that the government also said it would continue to work towards ensuring gainful employment for Nigerians to make travelling abroad unattractive.
Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation Henry Ikoh gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday 27th October, 2022 while receiving in audience Secretary-General Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) Ms Deemah Yahya, during a courtesy visit to his office.

Welcoming the team, the minister said the government intended to correct the trend through industrialization, which could be achieved by synergizing with the DCO in the area of human capital development.
“The synergy is what we require, capacity building is key and technology transfer is what Nigeria and Africa in particular needs at the moment so that the world can be a global village. We need to collaborate in all areas to ensure harmony.

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“If we collaborate and synergies in the area of human capital development, it would guarantee industrialization, when people are gainfully employed and moved out from poverty, then Africans and Nigerians would not be struggling to travel abroad because everything is here. We have all the raw materials; what we really require in terms of digitalization is for us to cross fertilize ideas, train and retrain our people then things would be better,” the minister said.

Earlier, Ms Yahya said the group was in Nigeria to understudy her digital ecosystem and understand who the players were. We are very proud that Nigeria is a founding member of the Digital Corporation Organisation, which is a multilateral organisation that focuses on advancing the digital economy in member states.
“We represent 12 countries, from three continents, representing 600 million in population and $2 trillion in the GDP”.
“We are very happy that Nigeria has been a founding member and we are here not only to reiterate our commitment to empowering digital economic transformation strategies of Nigeria but also to understand the ecosystem of Nigeria, being the players in terms of government, private sector, and civil society.“It is also for us to understand how the DCO can help support the growth of Nigeria and hopefully be an enabler.”