Press Statement on the Need for the Federal Government to Take Over the Activities of Covid-19 in Kano State (X)
27 April, 2020 Of recent, the number of people dying in Kano State is alarming and at the same time frightening. Since the beginning of last week, reports were coming from different angles especially in the inner-city areas of the state about the raising number of deaths in the state. This unusual deaths have brought […]
Press Statement on the Recent Events In Kano State By the Centre for Information Technology and Development (VIIII)
In continuation of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) efforts to ensure it provides the general public with necessary and useful information on Coronavirus, advising government on the proper ways to handle the pandemic in the state and ways people need to follow to protect themselves from the virus, yesterday the CITAD looked […]
Report of CITAD Seventh Twitter Chat With Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim on Assessing FG’S Palliative Measures and their Implementation
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, many people were killed and various countries of the world were threatened. On 27th February, 2020 first index case of Covid-19 was reported in Nigeria, following entry of an Italian man into the country from Italy. Some months after, many cases were reported especially in Lagos, […]
Press Statement on the Need for Kano State Government to Address People Concerns by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (VIII)
Date: 25 April, 2020 On the 24 of April, 2020 Kano State Government temporarily lifted the lockdown order it imposed in the state one week ago. The temporary lifting of the order which was announced by the State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna who is also serving as the Chairman State Task Force Committee […]
Press Statement in Celebration of International Girls Day in ICT by the Centre for Information Technology and Development
Date: 23 April, 2020. As the world is celebrating the International Girls Day in ICT, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) as one of the leading organizations working around Information and Communication in Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the future women in our society. Over the years, CITAD has […]
Stop Exposing Kano COVID-19 Patient to Public Discrimination and Danger
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has observed that some people are using the picture of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Kano State on various social media platforms in a discriminatory way. CITAD did also notice that people are using his name, picture and status in a negative way. In our […]
Press Statement on Lockdown of Kano State by the Centre for Information Technology and Development
We must first of all commend the Kano state government for this painful but bold decision to lockdown the state effective from 16th of April, 2020 by 10pm. It would be recalled that the state has on the 23rd of march, 2020 ordered the closure of its borders with all state, preventing people from coming […]
Kano’s Covid-19: Gov. Ganduje Needs to Act Swiftly, CITAD Raises Alarm
Following the flurry of news of mass burials of corpses of victims of coronavirus in Kano State in the last couple of days, which authorities have tagged as fake news, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has raised an alarm which tend to suggest that all is truly not well with the state’s […]
CITAD Calls for Strengthening of Kano Lockdown
THEÂ Centre for information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Kano State government to reinforce the lockdown order that was imposed on the state six days ago following a sharp increase on the number of persons who tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. The number of covid-19 rose by 23 on Monday taking the […]
CITAD Urges Kano Govt to Strengthen the Lockdown as Locals Violate the Order
The Centre for Information and Technology Development, CITAD has called on Kano state government to strengthen the lockdown of the city and 44 Local Government Areas in order to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement signed by Ali Sabo the Campaigns and Communication of Centre and made available to Arewa Affairs. He […]
