By Emmanuel Nduka
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani on Thursday condemned the destruction of a technology hub at the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) Industrial Park in Kano State, northern Nigeria.
Heritage Times HT reports that a mob of irate youths operating under the guise of the #Endbadgovernance carried out the looting of the Digital Innovation Park, designed to support Nigeria’s technical talent accelerator program (3MTT).
The facility was reportedly set ablaze and looted during the hunger and hardship protests on Thursday, just days before its scheduled launch.
Reacting to the development, the minister stated in a post via X that it was “Sad to learn that our Digital Innovation Park in Kano slated for launch next week to support our technical talent accelerator (3MTT) has been set ablaze and looted by protesters”.
He highlighted the immediate impact of this destruction on planned initiatives.
“Alongside #3MTT, this building is set to host our buildathon holiday maker programme for secondary school kids starting next week,” he added.
The minister characterised the damage as a setback for the journey to deepening the workforce for technology and creating job opportunities for the youth.
“Millions of Naira down the drain,” Tijani added.
