FG trains civil servants in digital expertise

The Federal Authorities has taken a significant step in its digital transformation agenda with the profitable rollout of the Digital Literacy for All workforce programme, reaching over 45,000 civil servants per course throughout the federal civil service.

Carried out by the Nationwide Data Expertise Growth Company in partnership with the Workplace of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the programme presents 4 foundational modules: Digital Consciousness; Utilizing Computer systems and Cellular Units; Digital Content material Creation, Communication and Collaboration; and Digital Security and Safety. Enrolments ranged from 45,813 to 54,377 learners per course, masking an estimated 65 to 75 per cent of the Federal Civil Service workforce. Completion charges throughout the modules ranged from 38.1 per cent to 44.6 per cent, with greater engagement in superior modules, reflecting improved digital readiness and deeper ability uptake.

Director of Company Communications and Media Relations at NITDA, Hadiza Umar, mentioned in an announcement on Thursday that the programme has offered tens of 1000’s of civil servants with foundational digital competencies, supporting the emergence of a dependable pipeline for intermediate and role-specific digital expertise improvement throughout ministries, departments, and companies.

Institutional management and inside coordination have been highlighted as decisive elements in studying outcomes. Whereas giant companies such because the Federal Ministry of Schooling and the Federal Ministry of Defence led in total enrolments and completions, a number of smaller establishments achieved completion charges exceeding 70 per cent, demonstrating the impression of devoted digital literacy champions and constant efficiency monitoring.

Talking throughout a courtesy go to and award presentation at OHCSF, NITDA Director-Basic Kashifu Inuwa mentioned the partnership with the Cisco Networking Academy has enabled civil servants to entry high-quality digital studying with minimal monetary obstacles. He added that the programme would supply a development pathway into superior areas reminiscent of networking, cybersecurity, information fundamentals, programming, and rising applied sciences beginning in 2026.

With the foundational part of DL4ALL firmly established, NITDA plans to advance from primary digital literacy to job-relevant and role-based expertise, institutionalise the Digital Literacy Champion mannequin throughout MDAs, and strengthen monitoring by way of the nationwide DL4ALL digital dashboard, supporting civil servants in direction of certification-ready digital competencies. The initiative kinds a part of the Federal Authorities’s ambition to achieve no less than 70 per cent digital literacy by 2027 and place the general public service as a extra environment friendly, technology-driven, and citizen-centred establishment.