The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has stated that the Federal Government is willing to partner Academia in Information Technology Profession (AITP) and other stakeholders for Nigeria to play active and key roles in the 4th Industrial Revolution era. Kilyobas Binga pointed out that part of the preparation for the 4th Industrial Revolution was the Federal Government initiative to rename the Ministry as the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to deepen ICT and spur Nigerians to take a leading role in the 4th Industrial Revolution. His words: “we need to develop appropriate strategies to enable us to play an active and key role in the 4th Industrial Revolution era and develop the capacity of the people that would work in the new environment”. He said it is pertinent for the academia to be at the forefront of the 4th Industrial Revolution since we missed the 1st-3rd industrial revolution as a country and the need for them to take up some of the local materials in their research and domicile it in the country using the principle of the 4th industrial revolution. Digital Repository is very vital to academic research and development in the 4th Industrial Revolution”, he noted.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 29, 2020 12:22 UTC