Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has asked Nigerians to expect one million jobs in the area of outsourcing of human and material resources.
Shittu, however, said this can be achieved through proper guidelines that would regulate the sub-sector for business activities to thrive.
The minister spoke on Thursday at the Association of Outsourcing Professionals of Nigeria, 2017 Expo in Lagos.
He disclosed that the collaboration between the Federal Government and South Korea on e-Governance is in its final stages.
Shittu said: “When approved, the collaboration will serve as the national working document to guide the process and setting global standards for any activity and provision of level playing field through a very focused policy, regulation and legal frame works of which along the line, business outsourcing opportunities will begin to emerge.
“Also, the Federal Government had launched three executive orders, one of which is on ease of doing business and the Ministry had inaugurated a committee to review the 2012 National ICT Policy which aimed at updating and capturing hitherto neglected areas such as the outsourcing and some recent developments in the sector.”
President of AOPN, Dr. Austin Nweze regretted that outsourcing only contributed about 1 percent to the Nigeria Gross Domestic Product while it added up to 15 percent in countries like South Africa and Kenya.
He urged Nigeria to learn from India which was able to use outsourcing to overcome the economic mess they found themselves about two decades ago.
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