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CITAD Marks The 15th Anniversary Of African Telecoms/ICT Day

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By Ozumi Abdul

Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD) on Wednesday 7th December commemorate this years African Telecoms/ICT Day.

This year’s celebration being the 15th anniversary which has its theme as “Enhancing Financial Inclusion Through ICT was held at Nigerian Institute of Architecture (NIA) in Waziri House Kano state, and geared towards bringing together ICT policy makers, regulators, the private sectors and other key stakeholders to deliberate on the potential of financial inclusion on how to eradicate poverty, ensure health and wellbeing and reduce systemic inequalities.

While speaking, the project Coordinator of Community Network, a project implemented by CITAD, Mallam Haruna Hadeja said the essence of organizing the gathering is to bring stakeholders together in the ICT industry to identify some gaps with the major aims of filling them, and to as well identify new areas in the ICT space.

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He noted that the coming of ICT has reduced the level of unemployment irrespective of anyone’s academic qualification, adding that gone are the eras of analogue when everything was redundant and retrogressive.

Hadeja said a particular agency he preferred not mention its name had already established job opportunities, but however questioned the sustainability of such opportunities. He added that those opportunities are only ephemerally transient that would not stand the test of time.

“A particular agency had already established job opportunities which I don’t want mention the name. But the problem is, are those opportunities sustainable? They are opportunities that will only wipe away with time, so there is gap filled with that type of opportunities”, he said.

Also speaking at the event was Mallam Salim Mustapha, the representative of Nurul Ameen Mustapha, who is the North West Zone Assistant Manager of NITDA.

Mustapha said NITDA bring one of the major stakeholders in the ICT space in Nigeria deemed it imperative to grace the event to give its goodwill.

He enjoined the participants to be business minded, by exploring the million of opportunities ICT and telecommunication offer in generating incomes rather wasting their time unnecessarily on social media platforms.

On his part, the facilitator at the event Dr Surajo Musa said the focus of his presentation is to identify the ICT based skills available in the ICT space, especially in the current era where emphasis are on skills acquisition.

He enjoined the participants to seize the opportunity to embrace ICT skill for self reliance and employment instead of over relying on government for white collar jobs.

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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.

All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.

The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.

The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.

The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.

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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences

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By Salisu Baso

As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.

The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.

He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.

On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.

 

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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest

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President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .

 

The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.

The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.

Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.

“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.

 

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