Lagos State Government has concluded plans to transform the Sabo Industrial Estate in Yaba into a Technology Hub and another Silicon Valley where a new set of entrepreneurs would be raised to address the challenges confronting the nation's ICT sector.
The State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Popoola Fahm, disclosed this while briefing the press on the activities and achievements of the Ministry at the ongoing 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa in commemoration of the Third Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration.
He explained that the state government saw the need to embrace software development and key into its vast available employment opportunities to drastically reduce the problem of youth mass unemployment, stressing that the present administration has set up a Committee on the ICT Hub and all hands are on deck to ensure a successful implementation.
Fahm noted that upon successful implementation of the ICT Hub, Lagos State would become the catalyst for IT penetration and enablement in Nigeria and Africa.
"One of the benefits of the hub is to promote..."
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