Unlocking prosperity: Idealab agency seeks partnerships for job creation

By Christiana Ekpa

The Idealab Agency has appealed to lawmakers, management and staff of the National Assembly to patronise ‘Made In Nigeria’s Products and Services’ to create and sustain employment in the country.
Idealab Agency is a body set up by the federal government to address the challenges of small holder farmers and micro small and medium enterprises in accessing intervention funds in the country.
The Director General, Idealab Agency, Emmanuel Aondoakaa who made the appeal at press conference in Abuja on Monday, also sought partnerships for the disbursement of grants, aid, scholarships, market access, employment placements and loan programmes facilitations, amongst others with special digital skills trainings.
Aondoakaa said partnership became necessary because of the current realities in the economy where so many Nigerians were facing severe difficulties and living below poverty line due to the total removal of fuel subsidy.
He however, said with these enormous challenges the people were facing, the Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank Group has put up intervention programmes to mitigate those difficulties and create a more prosperous future for all Nigerians especially the youths and women through the Investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprise with the Idealab Programme.
“One of such intervention programmes is called, the Federal Government Talent Export
Initiative where ordinary Nigerians can be trained on high level digital skills to tap into the globalisation economy by living in Nigeria and working remotely for interventional brands and earning as much as N10 million monthly.”