The Federal Government has signed a partnership deal with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to begin internship payment to 3,000 fellows of the 3 Million Technical Training (3MTT) programme.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, who gave this hint on Tuesday, said that the first cohort of the programme would be launched on Wednesday at an event to be streamed live on YouTube.
According to him, though over 1 million Nigerians have applied for the programme, which is seeking to train 3 million Nigerians over the next four years, the first cohort of the programme will accommodate only 30,000 based on the implementation plan.
While announcing the partnership with UNDP, Tijani assured that the internships offer would enable the trained fellows to apply the skills they had learnt during the programme with a view to contributing to the government’s current digital economy drive.
The minister stated in X post: “We are pleased to announce a partnership with @UNDPNigeria to offer 3,000 paid internships to our 3MTT fellows. These 12 month internships will help fulfill our objective to ensure that participants in the 3MTT programme get placed in roles that will allow them apply the skills they learn in the programme.”
The partnership with the UNDP represented the second major deal sealed by the government since preparations for the 3MTT programme commenced.
It would be recalled that the Minister had announced a N1 billion funding for the programme to be provided by IHS Telecom, including a commitment to paying the salaries of 37 dedicated learning community managers for each location for the next three years.
According to the Minister, some of the skills the interns and others would be trained on in the first phase of the programme’s implementation include skills that utilise technology to enhance various roles without directly involving tech creation.
These comprise but not limited to Digital Marketing, Project Management Software, Cloud Platforms Navigation, Data Analysis and Visualisation, Digital Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), CRM Management, Accounting Software, Graphics Design, and UX/UI Design, among several others
