The Kwara Central PDP Senatorial candidate, Mallm Bolaji Abdullahi, has called for the amendment of the recently signed Nigeria StartUp Act to include the Ministry of Youth Development in the council for digital innovation and entrepreneurship.
Abdullahi in a statement Thursday said without such amendment, the act would be missing the coordinating power of the youth ministry which is critical to the effective implementation of the new law.
The former minister for Youth and Sports Development, while commending President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent to the law, notes that the act will open the country for greater investment in the digital economy, and unleash the huge potentials of our youth for greater competitiveness.
“I commend President Buhari for his assent to the StartUp Act, I am delighted that the country has embraced such legislation at this crucial time when we are at a crossroad on how to boost national productivity. This act has the capacity to unlock the huge potentials for entrepreneurship and digital innovation in Nigeria,” he said.
