The Cross River Government says it will leverage the Investments in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) programme for more job creation and digital innovation.
Mr Erasmus Ekpang, the Cross River Commissioner for Information, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Friday.
Ekpang said that the i-DICE initiative presented great opportunities in digital innovation which the state could not take for granted.
He commended the Federal Government for the programme, describing it as a good omen to youth development and empowerment.
”Apart from job creation and vocational skills, this programme presents a huge opportunity for improvement in digital innovation.
”The programme is packaged to empower individuals in the digital and creative fields through skills development, infrastructure and access to financing,” he said.
The commissioner said that the Ministry of Human Capital and Entrepreneurial Development, created by Gov. Bassey Otu will be advantageous in exploiting the gains of the programme.
NAN reports that i-DICE is a Federal Government programme aimed at promoting investment in information and communications technology and creative industries.
It is part of efforts to build back better, greener, and more inclusively in support of the government’s agenda to create more and sustainable jobs.
The programme, valued at about 617 million dollars, is expected to benefit young Nigerian women and men of between 15 and 35 years of age.
It is also expected to benefit entrepreneurs, innovative early-stage technology-enabled ventures, and micro, small, and medium enterprises in the creative sector. NAN
