History is made as the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami has officially launch Nigeria's Virtual Academy Learning Programmes (NITDA Academy) as part of an effort to enhance Digital Literacy and Skills Development during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

The Minister While making his keynote address, stated that the objective of the virtual academy is to Encourage continuous learning; Enhance capacity development; Empower Nigerians with the required digital skills and Bridge the gap between the academia and industry.

Dr Pantami also encouraged Civil Servants, students and indeed all Nigerians nationwide, to key into the opportunity to acquire and develop digital skills as the current lockdown affords us time to seek, explore and improve on digital literacy.

"We have leveraged on existing technologies in line with our mandate, to provide the requisite training needed to put Nigeria on a globally competitive pedestal inspite of the pandemic to ensure that Nigerians are ready for a post covid19 digital era," he said.

The Director general of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, speaking at the official virtual launching of #NITDAAcademy, said "The minister, directed us at NITDA and other agencies under his supervision to key into the initiative on digital literacy and digital job creation. He insisted on empowering the citizens and prepare them for digital world and post COVID-19 world".

It will be recalled that the NITDA Training and Research Academy project, was initiated and conceptualized by the Minister during his tenure as the Director General of the Agency.

To access virtual learning programme, kindly log on to: https://academy.nitda.gov.ng