The Kwara State Government yesterday flagged off
a five-day training exercise on Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) and mobile
money for 300 selected youth drawn from across
the three senatorial districts of the state. The empowerment training which is holding at
the Computer Based Test (CBT) of the University of
Ilorin was a product of tripartite arrangement
between the Kwara State Government, the YABA
TECH Consult and the Stanbic IBTC bank. Speaking earlier during the official flag-off of the
training held at the University of Ilorin Main
Auditorium, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji
Abdulfatah Ahmed described the exercise as part
of pragmatic approach to further empower army
of youths in the state using ICT as a platform. The Governor who was represented at the
occasion by the state Commissioner for Youths
and Sport, Hajia Ramat Adesina Abaya said the
participants will gain computer literacy skills and
operate the business of mobile money agents on
Stanbic IBTC platform in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cashless policy. “This scheme is designed in a way that selected
beneficiaries who complete and excel in
computer literacy skills assessment exams and
register with Stanbic IBTC bank mobile money
platform by the state government will act as
mobile bakers in their villages or communities where access to bank service are limited,“ she
said. In his comment, the Chairman, State House of
Assembly Committee on Sport and Youth
Development, Hon. Adamu Ibrahim Sabi who said
that the era of typewriter has gone into extinction
in present day world and commended the office
of Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Empowerment for taking this bold step towards
empowering the Kwara youths. Earlier in his welcome address, the Special
Assistant to the Governor on Youth
Empowerment, Alhaji Sakariyahu Babatunde who
said that the importance of ICT cannot be over
emphasized in the modern day world said hardly
can any programmes be done without the input of ICT. This, according to him, explained why his office
decided to train youth on ICT in partnership with
Stanbic IBTC bank and YABA TECH Consult as a way
of empowering our youth to be job creators.
a five-day training exercise on Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) and mobile
money for 300 selected youth drawn from across
the three senatorial districts of the state. The empowerment training which is holding at
the Computer Based Test (CBT) of the University of
Ilorin was a product of tripartite arrangement
between the Kwara State Government, the YABA
TECH Consult and the Stanbic IBTC bank. Speaking earlier during the official flag-off of the
training held at the University of Ilorin Main
Auditorium, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji
Abdulfatah Ahmed described the exercise as part
of pragmatic approach to further empower army
of youths in the state using ICT as a platform. The Governor who was represented at the
occasion by the state Commissioner for Youths
and Sport, Hajia Ramat Adesina Abaya said the
participants will gain computer literacy skills and
operate the business of mobile money agents on
Stanbic IBTC platform in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cashless policy. “This scheme is designed in a way that selected
beneficiaries who complete and excel in
computer literacy skills assessment exams and
register with Stanbic IBTC bank mobile money
platform by the state government will act as
mobile bakers in their villages or communities where access to bank service are limited,“ she
said. In his comment, the Chairman, State House of
Assembly Committee on Sport and Youth
Development, Hon. Adamu Ibrahim Sabi who said
that the era of typewriter has gone into extinction
in present day world and commended the office
of Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Empowerment for taking this bold step towards
empowering the Kwara youths. Earlier in his welcome address, the Special
Assistant to the Governor on Youth
Empowerment, Alhaji Sakariyahu Babatunde who
said that the importance of ICT cannot be over
emphasized in the modern day world said hardly
can any programmes be done without the input of ICT. This, according to him, explained why his office
decided to train youth on ICT in partnership with
Stanbic IBTC bank and YABA TECH Consult as a way
of empowering our youth to be job creators.
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