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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"DLz8YB3c" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In an effort to boost research in the academia&comma; civil society organizations and government agencies&comma; Centre for Information Technology and Development &lpar;CITAD&rpar; has trained 25 participants on data analysis though Data Analysis STATA Software&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"0XgJqB8G" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Center said&comma; the set of participants which is the 3rd phase of beneficiaries&comma; is aimed at building their capacities in research and management of Data results for effective policies&comma; educational development and programs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>STATA which is a general-purpose statistical software package&comma; is used by researchers in many fields for data manipulation&comma; visualization&comma; statistics and automated reporting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to newsmen at the end of the three day training&comma; CITAD Executive Director Engr&comma; Y&period;Z Ya’u explained that&comma; the program is part of the Centre’s objective to support Academia and other sectors with advance knowledge to analyze data&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Vb6x9cM8" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; the participants of the training were pulled from the Academia&comma; Civil Society Organizations &lpar;CSOs&rpar; and Government Agencies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;19&sol;atiku-reiterates-plan-to-restructure-nigeria&sol;">Atiku Reiterates Plan To Restructure Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Engr&period; Ya’u further added that&comma; CITAD introduced the training having realized data has become very critical not only for academic purposes but also for public policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When we advertised for entries into the training&comma; we received over 600 applications within 24 hours and we intended to train 40 people”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We had to screen and select the intended participants to be trained which is done in batches of 40&period; The first and second batch was a success and today we are rounding up the 3rd Batch with 25 trainees” Y&period;Z noted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Executive Director also lamented that&comma; most of government agencies and institutions they don’t have accurate data for their area of concern&comma; noting that&comma; lack of data will result to inaccurate policies and programs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Participants who spoke at the event&comma; Zubaida Muhammad Musa&comma; a lecturer with Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education&comma; Kano said they have been exposed to the utilization of data for evidence-based policies and research purposes using the STATA software&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is an expensive&comma; yet priceless opportunity and knowledge to learn the STATA data analysis software” she added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another Participant&comma; Jubril Abdullahi from Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil&comma; Kano said&comma; they were taken through the rudiments of using STATA for Data Entry&comma; Data Cleansing and Data Analysis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The STATA software allows you to input all your statistical analysis into it within a short period of time and helps you to check which data is correctly or wrongly inserted” Jubril Added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While appreciating CITAD for giving them the opportunity to participate in the training&comma; the participants promised to step down the training to their respective organisations and students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other highlights of the event was the distribution of certificates to the participants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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