Abuja: The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi, has underscored the need for digital skills literacy among staff in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Fashedemi made this known after commending five outstanding staff members of the State House for their exceptional performance in the Digital Skills Literacy Training Programme initiated by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF). Receiving the staff members in his office, the Permanent Secretary lauded their commitment to personal growth and their remarkable performance throughout the training.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Didi Esther Wilson-Jack, launched the comprehensive service-wide Digital Literacy Action Plan in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The initiative aims to equip civil servants with the digital competencies required to thrive in a 21st-century work environment.

The programme, which began on Sept. 10, forms part of Pillar Five-Digitalisation and Enterprise Content Management of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP25). It also aligns with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS 2020-2030) and Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which targets 70 percent digital literacy among Nigerians by 2027.

The winners include Wassa Francis, Ubong Akpan, Abdulrahman Iliya, Oluwasegun Samuel, and Ahmed Musa, who each received HP laptops presented by Wilson-Jack.