Regulators say Nigeria’s digital transformation cannot succeed without parallel investments in workforce skills, employee wellness and institutional reforms, warning that technology investments alone will not deliver shared prosperity.
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Aminu Maida, and Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority, Kelechi Ohiri, made the remarks during a panel session at BusinessDay’s 14th Annual CEO Forum Nigeria 2026.
The panel, themed Technology, Well Being and Workforce Efficiency, examined how digital tools and preventive healthcare investments could jointly strengthen productivity and long term economic competitiveness across Nigerian industries.
Maida said the Commission continues to prioritise digital infrastructure expansion, while Ohiri emphasised that preventive healthcare investment reduces long term costs to both employers and the broader economy.
Both regulators stressed that technology adoption must be matched with deliberate investment in people, arguing that digital transformation without corresponding workforce development risks widening rather than closing productivity gaps.
The forum brought together business leaders and policymakers to discuss strategies for building a more resilient and digitally capable Nigerian workforce ahead of continued economic reforms.
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