We Will Drive Poverty Eradication Through ICT – ActionAid Official
The Head of Local Right Programme (LRP) of the ActionAid International , Hajiya Suwaiba Yakubu Jibrin has restates her organization commitment to use Information and Communication Technology to ensure poverty eradication ,social justice ,digital inclusion and empowerment of excluded and disadvantaged communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Hajiya Suwaiba while speaking in Dakwa
Group Empowers Youth in 15 Communities
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in partnership with Action Aid Nigeria, has empowered over 200 youths across 15 communities in Abuja. The group has set up a computer centre where residents would be trained on the use and application of technology for social development. CITAD programme officer, Ahmad Muhammad Danyaro, said the
Maiden Edition Of The Ibrahim Muazzam Institute Of Philosophy For Young People
Report By Maryam Ado Haruna (Programmes Assistant (Gender and Internet Advocacy), CITAD). Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reasons and mind. Thus, in its quest to bring about sustainable development in Nigeria by equipping the youths with a more realistic way of thinking, Center for
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