In line with the Present Administration:s Renewed Hope agenda, the Minister of Communications , Innovation and Digital Economy,Dr Bosun Tijani has opened applications portal for the first phase of the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) program.
Dr.Tijani, at the event on Friday said the program, a critical part of the Renewed Hope agenda is aimed at building Nigeria’s technical talent backbone to power its digital economy and position Nigeria as a net talent exporter.
He said in the first phase of the programme,30,000 Nigerians would be trained in skills that utilise technology to enhance digital platforms, such as Digital Marketing, Project Management Software, Cloud Platforms Navigation,Data Analysis and Visualization, Digital Marketing Search Engine Optimization( SEO). CRM Management, Accounting Software,Graphics Design, and UX/ Ul Design among several others.
According to him, the first phase of the programme in collaboration with NITDA, will involve multiple stakeholders including fellows, training providers, partners, and placement organizations.
“In line with the Ministry’s 1%-10%-100% implementation approach, this first phase will aim to train and place 30,000 technical talents, representing 1% of our overall target. It will be executed based on the framework co-created with key stakeholders across government agencies, training providers, educational institutions, development agencies, and the private sector.”
On Thursday,Tijani in an implementation document released said the Ministry would be adopting the “1%-10%100% Implementation Rule”.
According to him, this rule is a guide to ensure a high success rate of the program and gives the Ministry a way to reduce the cost of quality on all its initiatives before scaling to the wider population.
The Minister said the “1%-10%-100% Implementation Rule” is a framework that posits that the program starts small and gradually increases the scope as the project progresses..
He explained that the number 1 in the mechanism denotes “Prototyping”, number 10 denotes “Piloting”, while number 100 denotes “Scaling”.
