By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The National Information Technology Development Agency has planned mass agricultural programme with 20,000 to 100,000 of new farmland in each state across the country.
The Director-General/CEO of National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this at the closing ceremony of a five-day digital farming training for students of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
Inuwa who spoke virtually at the training held in Abeokuta expressed commitment of the federal government to develop the agricultural sector with digital technologies that would increase productivity, improve food security and encourage youths to venture into agriculture.
Inuwa who was represented by the Director of Information Technology Infrastructure Solution of NITDA, Dr. Usman Gambo explained that the agency, through digital farming planned mass agricultural programme with 20,000 to 100,000 of new farmland in each state across the country.
He claimed that the development was part of the federal government’s commitment to creating jobs for Nigerians and developing the nation’s economy.
He said as quoted by the Punch, “What we have done in NITDA is to change the narrative by coming up with initiatives that try to integrate digital technologies and innovations gradually into agriculture through the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) and other digital agricultural initiatives to support the digitization of the agricultural sector to address our obvious challenges, exploit the opportunities and accelerate economic growth.
“This is in line with the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP) and the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (MFoCDE).”
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