Category: COVID-19

Compliance With Covid-19 Safety Protocols in Kano State Secondary Schools by CITAD,

On Monday 1st Feb, 2020 Good morning gentlemen of the press, I will like on behalf of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) welcome you to this press conference on Covid-9 Safety Protocols Compliance in Secondary schools in Kano State. As we are all aware that Covid-19 has become a threat to our […]

COVID-19: CITAD Issues Safety Advisory For Kano Secondary Schools

The Centre for Information Technology and Development have issued an advisory on safety protocols In Kano Secondary schools, this was revealed in a statement signed by Ali Sabo, Campaign and Communication Officer at the CITAD. The statement read in part we are all aware that Covid-19 has become a threat to our lives, economy, social, […]

CITAD Sub-Grantees Produced Locally Made Hand Sanitizers and Face Masks

In the month of April, 2020 the Centre for information Technology and Development (CITAD) got a grant from International Institute of Education and MacArthur Foundation to help in addressing the issue of COVID-19 in Kano State by creating awareness on how the virus was spreading among the people in the State, engaging of young people […]

How CITAD is Fighting Covid-19 in Kano State

  In late April, precisely on 25th of April, 2020, Kano State recorded its index case of the disease. Prior to the reportage of the index case in the state, the state government had taken off with measures to prevent the spread of the virus, as it is believed that Kano, as one of the country’s […]

How CITAD Is Fighting Covid-19 In Kano State

By Ali Sabo “Coronaviruses are zoonotic, which are normally transmitted between animals and people. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans. It was first reported to WHO on the 31st of December, 2019 in Wuhan, China.” (NCDC) On 27 February, Nigeria confirmed […]

How CITAD Is Fighting Covid-19 In Kano State

By Ali Sabo “Coronaviruses are zoonotic, which are normally transmitted between animals and people. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans. It was first reported to WHO on the 31st of December, 2019 in Wuhan, China.” (NCDC)   On 27 February, […]

THE 52ND Twitter Chat on Youth Efforts in Combating Covid–19 at Community Level in Kano Discussed on Thursday, 8TH October, 2020 with Abubakar M. Usman, Multimedia Journalist and A Beneficiary of CITAD’S Youth Leadership Training on Covid-19.

The strength of ICT amidst the global pandemic of Covid – 19 has been loudly spelt out as it remained unshaken ever since the emergence of this global pandemic but becomes the commodity for every home and organization as it stands the only unaffected medium to share information, transact businesses, entertainments and working as a […]

A Two Day Sensitization Training to Kano State Secondary and Primary Schools Female Teachers by Centre for Information Technology and Development on the 12th And 13th October, 2020

Coviid19 is a world deadly disease that threatened the survival of every human being. From the start of the pandemic in 2019 in Wuhan, China, millions of people have lost their lives, jobs, livelihood and many more. In Nigeria, the pandemic has also affected many ways of our lives being it social, economic or academic […]

51ST Twitter Chat Organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) On 6th October, 2020 with Malam Abdurrahman Iguda, Public Health Advocate and Climate Action Ambassador as a Discussant

On Tuesday, 6th October, 2020, on its 51st edition of twitter chat, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has hosted Malam Abdurrahman Iguda, Public Health Advocate and Climate Action Ambassador as a discussant. Malam Iguda discussed on the topic “Youths Effort in Combating Covid 19 at Community Level (II).”  Since the erupt of […]

48TH Twitter Chat with Abdulazeez Musa on Covid19 Sensitization Campaigns at Community Level

24TH September, 2020. Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), held its 48th Twitter chat on the 24th of September, 2020. The guest was Abdulazeez Musa Co-founder and programs Manager of WeCan Africa. He discussed on Covid19 sensitization campaigns at community level. He started by answering the question on what sensitizing people at the grassroots […]