The Lagos Digital Bridge Institute, an initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission, which seeks to train and educate future leaders and innovators in the field of Information and Communications Technology, will open training activities in July this year.
The Director of Projects at the NCC, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokike, said this in Lagos on Friday, during an inspection visit of the complex by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communications Technology, Dr. Henry Akpan.
NCC is one of the five agencies under the direct supervision of the ministry, and the visit was part of the ministry's oversight function.
Conducting the Permanent Secretary round the massive buildings at the site, Nwokike said the project was already 90 per cent completed and that in the next six weeks, it would be fully completed, equipped with modern facilities and opened for training activities.
"The Lagos DBI will open for training in six weeks' time and it will begin with the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, where people that were shortlisted for the amnesty programme will be trained at the institute," he said.
Satisfied with the level of work going on at the site, Akpan commended NCC for its initiative. He also commended the contractors handling the project for their diligence and commitment to work.
"The Lagos DBI, when completed, will create economic wealth, through gainful employment that will be created by beneficiaries of its training programmes," Akpan said.
The NCC has been operating DBI in Abuja, where it has graduated several people from different organisations across Nigeria, including government official. In a bid to expand the training activities, NCC decided to set up another DBI in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
