The Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos has been reported to be creating around 8,000 job opportunities for Nigerian youths.
This was disclosed by the President of the Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDAN), Mr Ifeanyi Akabue, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday.
Akabue said the figure only applies to those engaged with his association, aside from other trade associations in the location.
He noted that because of the rate of unemployment in the country, the hub had offered lots of jobs, including online or digital marketing while adding that many of the young people do not have shops at the hub to transact their businesses.
According to him, the association has conducted training for over 200 people on online marketing within the last six months.
‘’So many of our young ones are in online marketing, we had a training for our members and workers.
‘’Over 200 young people have been trained in the last six months, since after the COVID-19 and EndSars saga.
‘’Some of our members have empowered those trained by supplying goods to them on trust to sell and make refunds later.
‘’The training has had a multiplying effect on the employment rate of youths in the country,’’ he said.
Akabue, therefore, advised policy makers to encourage the young ones by patronising local content.
(NAN)
