Online videos showed individuals carrying away computers, chairs, and other valuable items from the facility located in Nigeria’s second-most populous state.
The incident occurred during the nationwide protests against bad governance, with reports of violence in Kano.
Tijani described the destruction as “a slight setback” for Nigeria’s digital economy ambitions and youth job creation efforts, but acknowledged that “millions of naira have gone down the drain.”
“Sad to learn that our Digital Innovation Park in Kano, slated for launch next week to support our technical talent accelerator (3MTT), has been set ablaze and looted by protesters,” Tijani wrote on X.
The minister said the facility was intended to support the Technical Talent Accelerator programme and host the Buildathon Holiday Maker programme for secondary school students.
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