NGO Wades Into Gandujiyya /Kwankwasiya Dispute, Calls For Truce
By Ramatu Garba Kano – A Kano-based Non Governmental Organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has expressed concern over the growing animosity between Gandujiyya and Kwankwassiyya factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The CITAD Senior Programme Manager, Mr Isah Garba made the remark at a news conference in Kano. NAN reports that while […]
Kano APC crisis: Group calls for interrogation of commissioner Abbas
By Richard P. Ngbokai, Kano. Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), a nongovernmental advocacy group in Kano has called on security agencies in the state to invite the state commissioner for special duties, Alhaji Abudullahi Abbas Sanusi for interrogation over statements credited to him on a video clip, inciting youths to stone former governor Rabi’u Musa […]
CITAD warns of the potential dangers of hate speech in Kano
By Abdallah el-Kurebe. The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has warned against the dangers of hate speech in Kano’s political space .The group cautioned that something be urgently done to guard against hate speech resulting from political bickering between supporters of different political parties in Kano state. Addressing a Press Conference in Kano on Thursday, […]
Why Northern Girls Fail Computer-Based Exams – CITAD
The Centre for Information Technology And Development, CITAD, has attributed the mass failure recorded in the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, especially among female candidates in northern Nigeria, to lack of internet access. In a research it conducted, which was presented at a 2-Day Stakeholders Meeting to Greater Access to Internet for Girls Secondary […]
Ganduje’s Commissioner Should Be Arrested For Inciting Violence- CITAD
The Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) on Thursday demands security agencies to arrest and investigate Kano state Commissioner for Special Duties Abdulahi Abbas for reuesting his supporters to stone former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who is the Senator representing Kano Central at the Senate. Abdullahi Abbas had appeared in a viral video clip […]
CITAD charges CSOs,Media on tackling hate speech
By Ahmed Jada The Senior Programme Officer of Centre for Information Technology and Development, (CITAD), Isah Garba has has calls for active participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) and Media practitioners in tackling hate speech in Nigeria. Garba made the call weekend in Bauchi during a one day workshop organized by Bauchi State Coalition for […]
Group advocates legal framework on hate speeches
Participants at a one- day forum organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Owerri have advocated a legal framework and enabling laws to handle the growing and disturbing issues of hate and dangerous speeches in the country. Media practitioners were also urged not to give prominence on the pages of the newspapers […]
Budget Tracking Key to Transparency, Accountability
By Bashir Mohammed Kano. Senior Programme Officer, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Isiyaku Garba Yakasai, has described consistent budget tracking by citizens as a veritable key to ensuring transparency and accountability in ideal democratic setting. Speaking at a one day stakeholders’ forum on budget tracking, organised by CITAD in Kano yesterday, Yakasai […]
Communiqué Issued at the End of the 2-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on Promoting Greater Access to Internet for Public Girls Secondary Schools in Kano State Organised by Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), at Mambayya House, on 18th-19th December, 2017
Preamble. The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) held a two-day Stakeholders Meeting on Promoting Greater Access to Internet in Public Girls Secondary Schools in Kano State. The meeting, held on and 19th December, 2019 at Mambayya was attended by over 50 people representing education authorities, parents, Teachers, students, civil society organizations and journalists. […]
Group Calls For Patriotism And Selflessness To End Hate Speech in Nigeria
By Joseph Edegbo Kaduna (Nigeria)– Nigerians have been urged to imbibe the spirit of patriotism and selflessness to avoid hate and dangerous speeches in the country.  The advise is contained in a communique issued at the end of a one- day Public Sensitization on Hate and Dangerous Speeches organized by the Centre for Information […]
