By Abubakar Yunusa
The Chief Executive Officer of Birotojob, Charles Okwuosa, has announced plans to take digital skills training to internally displaced persons’ camps and vulnerable communities across Nigeria.
Okwuosa disclosed this shortly after returning from Qatar, where he engaged potential international partners to scale technology-driven workforce development in the country.
On arrival, he convened a closed-door strategy meeting with leading technology experts and workforce development stakeholders, a session sources described as a major step towards aligning tech innovation with national development goals.
Central to the talks was Birotojob’s “Train-the-Trainer for National Impact” initiative, designed to prepare regional tech trainers and digital workforce mentors for nationwide deployment in 2026.
Under a proposed collaboration with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the firm plans to deploy mobile tech hubs to IDP camps, train displaced youths and widows, and issue certifications that enable access to remote jobs and technology-based entrepreneurship.
The programme will also cater for secondary school leavers outside the university system through specially designed career pathways.
“We are not giving handouts — we are giving lifelong skills,” said Magnus Oku, leader of the Nation Builders and Reformers Organization, a partner in the outreach programme.
According to Birotojob, the initiative will equip Nigerian instructors with internationally benchmarked curricula to train thousands of youths in software development, digital marketing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analysis and tech entrepreneurship across the six geopolitical zones.
The firm said it is accredited by the American Council of Training and Development, recognised by the Industrial Training Fund, and affiliated with the National Business and Technical Examinations Board.
Okwuosa warned that Nigeria’s large youth population could become a liability if not properly empowered.
“If we fail to skill them, we fail the nation. But if we empower them with digital skills, we unlock enormous economic value and restore hope to millions,” he said.
He added that ongoing engagement with the minister would formalise a long-term public-private-NGO framework aimed at positioning Nigeria as a continental leader in humanitarian digital empowerment.
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