The Minister of Communications and Digital Financial system, Dr Bosun Tijani, has introduced a partnership between the federal government’s Three Million Technical Expertise (3MTT) program and HerTechHub to present 370 laptops and 774 tablets to female individuals of this system.
In line with the Minister, the partnership is a part of the the actions to mark the 2024 Worldwide Ladies’ Day (IWD).
He is famous for HerTechHub, an initiative of the Workplace of the Particular Assistant to the President on Ladies Affairs, Engr. Fatima Abubakar-Faruk.
The Minister mentioned that over 540,000 ladies within the 3MTT studying group are invited to participate in 2 challenges that HerTechHub shall organize to face a profitable tool opportunity.
Everybody who has utilized the 3MTT program is a member of the educational group of this system.
What the Minister is saying
Asserting the initiative on Tuesday by way of a put-up on his X deal, the Communications Minister mentioned:
- “I’m a giant advocate for feminine participation within the workforce, particularly in expertise, and as we construct as much as Worldwide Ladies’s Day 2024, I’m happy to announce a collaboration between our @3MTTNigeria program and HerTechHub, an initiative of the Workplace of the Particular Assistant to the President on Ladies Affairs, Engr. Fatima Abubakar-Faruk.
- “We’re inviting the 540,000+ ladies in our #3MTT studying group to participate in 2 challenges organized by HerTechHub and stand an opportunity to win one in every 370 laptops and 774 tablets in a donorship alternative.
- “First is a Particular #IWD2024 Version of the Data Showcase, completely for ladies, the place they will document a brief video on their studying up to now within the 3MTT programme.
- “The second problem is to develop modern options to issues of their native communities leveraging on expertise.”
The Minister added that extra particulars on learning how to take part in the problem can be launched on the 3MTT web page. Nonetheless, that has but to be launched as of the time of filling this report.
Worldwide Ladies’ Day is marked each March 8, an international day celebrating girls’s social, financial, cultural, and political achievements.
IWD focuses on points comparable to gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse in opposition to ladies.
3MTT 2nd cohort
In the meantime, as the primary 30,000 fellows of the 3MTT program are rounding off their coaching, the Minister has fastened February 29, 2024, to announce 270,000 Nigerians chosen for the second cohort of this system.
Tijani introduced this final week while giving updates on this system. In line with him, the fellows to be introduced on February 29 will start coaching in March.
The Minister mentioned the federal government is inspired to forge forward with this system because it continues to obtain enormous help from companions and stakeholders to attain its goal of coaching 3 million Nigerians in technical expertise.
