NITDA plans AI system to turn youth contributions into policy proposals
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency says it will use artificial intelligence to organise ideas generated at a national youth conference and channel viable proposals into government policy processes. The planned system will categorise submissions, create a tracking trail and extend participation through virtual sessions across the country and diaspora.
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency plans to use artificial intelligence and other digital tools to turn ideas from young people into policy proposals, Director General Kashifu Inuwa has said. Inuwa announced the initiative during the opening ceremony of the maiden National Youth Conference at the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Abuja. He described young Nigerians as the country’s most strategic asset and said social media created opportunities for expression but also made it difficult to identify useful ideas amid misinformation and large volumes of online content.
Under the plan, NITDA will provide technical infrastructure to collect, analyse and organise contributions from conference participants. The agency says viable ideas will be channelled into formal government policy processes rather than remaining only as online discussions. NITDA will work with the Ministry of Youth Development to apply AI frameworks to submissions.
According to Inuwa, the system will group proposals into areas including digital innovation, job creation, climate action and security. The proposed platform is also expected to create an auditable trail showing how a contribution moves from submission at the conference to relevant policy channels. Inuwa said participants’ discussions would be captured and preserved through technology, and promised full technical support during the process.
The initiative is intended to extend participation beyond the physical meeting in Abuja. NITDA said AI-supported virtual zonal sessions are scheduled for October 5 to 17, 2026, allowing young Nigerians in all 360 federal constituencies and those living abroad to contribute. The announcement places digital tools at the centre of the government’s proposed approach to youth participation in governance.
It does not state which proposals will ultimately be adopted, identify the government bodies that will assess them or explain how disagreements over AI-generated categorisation will be resolved. NITDA’s stated objective is to make public contributions easier for policymakers to identify and follow. The agency’s account focuses on the planned infrastructure, thematic sorting and tracking mechanism, while the conference sessions are expected to provide the material that the system will process.
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