outsourcing companies target 10 million jobs

       

Before I wrote my article on outsourcing, most of my readers did not know what outsourcing meant and how it was a good business branch for Nigeria. We had nice reports on the article and we promised to keep you updated with the latest on outsourcing. As we rightly projected outsourcing is already doing a lot to provide job opportunities for Nigerians and with the creating of NAITEOC board will do even more

 

     Outsourcing companies and practitioners in Nigeria have stated their commitment towards creating 10 million jobs in the country.

 President, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Mr. Chris Uwaje, said outsourcing had the capacity to create 10 million jobs in the country within a short period if given the necessary encouragement. He spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the board of the National Association of Information Technology.

 

 Uwaje, who is also member of the new NAITEOC board, said, “With Nigerians in the Diaspora remitting N21bn to the country on annual basis, we have seen what our people are capable of doing. We can indeed export knowledge through outsourcing.”

Buttressing the point, another member of the board and President of the Information Technology Association of Nigeria, Mrs. Florence Seriki, said Nigeria had not been reaping from the lucrative global outsourcing business because of late preparation.

 

 Another member of the board and Managing Director of Interra Networks, Mr. David Onu, said although huge opportunities existed in business process outsourcing abroad, there was the need for the government to jumpstart the industry by harnessing the opportunities at home.

 According to him, it was this strategy that India adopted to make the country an attractive destination for global outsourcing business.

 

 Onu said one of the ways to do this was to bring government closer to the people through outsourcing, adding that at the moment, government was far from the generality of the people.

 Acting Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Dr. Ashiru Daura, said the government would do everything possible to grow the outsourcing industry in order to create jobs for unemployed Nigerian youths.

 He said, “We had the first outsourcing conference in 2011. At that conference, a resolution was taken that the board of the outsourcing association should be constituted. The journey has been long and slow.

 

“All of us need to work hard to make Nigeria the hub of outsourcing not only in Africa but also in the entire world. A lot of jobs are out there but we are not getting our fair share because we have not been organised.”

He expressed confidence that with the constitution of the board, outsourcing would begin to yield more results for the country.

 Daura pledged that NITDA would provide the board with a takeoff grant as well as a furnished office.