Nigeria
18%
5/28
AI Gap Index
1/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
2/6
Governance
2/4
Access
Schools 1/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 National AI Strategy (NAIS) September 2025 includes curriculum integration and teacher training under its talent pillar; not binding on schools [1]
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0
Civil Service & Governance 2/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 NCAIR (National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) under NITDA and FMCIDE functions as the national AI body; advisory and standard-setting, not a full independent regulator [1]
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 1 UNESCO-FG three-day AI literacy training for senior civil servants (May 6-8 2026); Bauchi state civil service AI literacy training (April 2026); AI Government Campus (Google/Apolitical partnership) for structured online AI courses for public servants; 3MTT includes public servants. All voluntary/project-based — no defined mandatory standard.
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 2/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 2 DL4ALL (Digital Literacy for All) and 3MTT federal programmes provide publicly funded AI-adjacent digital literacy training nationwide across all 36 states and FCT; targets 70% by 2027 and 95% by 2030; 2026 expansion adds role-based AI skills; N-ATLAS open-source multilingual LLM additionally supports public access [1]
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Subregion map
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Regions & states
Subregions inherit supranational obligations from their parent country but may have additional local policy. Scores reflect local policy only.
Region
Schools /10
Workforce /8
Governance /6
Access /4
Total
Lagos
1
0
0
1
2 7%
Delta State
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Kano
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Oyo
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Rivers State
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Index history
May 30, 2026 5/28 Dim 11 raised to 1: UNESCO-FG operational AI literacy training for federal senior civil servants (May 2026) plus state-level Bauchi training (April 2026) and AI Government Campus. Naija Teacher AI (TRCN/GMind) scaling to 500K teachers in Q1-Q2 2026 noted under dim 1/4 but insufficient for score change (no legal mandate, no minimum standard).
April 21, 2026 4/28 DL4ALL expansion to AI/job-role skills with 95%-by-2030 national target plus 3MTT Phase 2 training 270K fellows; dim 13 raised from 1 to 2 reflecting operational, funded nationwide programme
March 18, 2026 3/28 Initial scoring: NAIS September 2025 is an advisory strategy; no binding education curriculum, employer training obligations, or civil servant training standard