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  • Primate, others laud ICT centre

    The Primate of African Church Cathedral, Ifako,  Rev Emmanuel Josiah Udofia, and the Lagos African Church Grammar School Old Students Association (LAFROSA) have praised the Chairman, Ifako Ijaiye -Local Government, Apostle Oloruntoba Oke, for donating a modern ICT centre to his alma mater, Lagos African Church, grammar School, Ifako (LAFROGRAMS).

    Declaring the event open, the Primate thanked Oke for giving back to his former school and prayed for him.

    LAFROSA’s National President, Otunba Moses Paul, described Oke as a true leader, urging other old students to emulate his gesture.

    Principal of the school, Mrs Mojisola Oyetayo, thanked the donor for the centre.

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    She said through him, LAFROGRAMS has one of the best ICT centres in the state, because it is Joint Admissions Matriculation Board compliant.

    Oke said the ICT centre was a dream come true, promising to donate more in future.

    Present at the unveiling were former Principal of the school, Mrs Huneph Adeoba, L. S. Ogunyale, Rev. Ogunshipe, and the Proprietor of Ifako International school, Wande Majekodunmi, among others.

  • Lawyer donates ICT centre to alma mater

    To aid pupils in their academic work, a lawyer, Chief Richard Oma Ahonaruogho, has donated an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre to Victory High school, Ikeja, Lagos.

    Ahonaruogho, an old student of the school, donated N 1 million to the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) to refurbish the centre and furnish it. He also gave  the school 10 computers, a projector and a printer.

    The centre was commissioned on Sunday as part of activities by the Old Students Association to mark the New year

    The centre is the initiative of the PTA, which equipped it with three computers before Ahonaruogho stepped in.

    He said the project which he did in partnership with his wife, Mojisola, was to enhance the pupils’ ICT skills

    “It was a project done by me and my wife to give the pupils a better atmosphere and equip them with ICT skills.  You cannot underestimate the relevance of ICT in our world today and it is important that the pupils are not left behind.

    “In any field of professionalism, the knowledge of ICT is a necessity. When people are armed with such skills, they explore more,” said Ahonaruogho, who is the Ogowamise of Owo Kingdom.

    The philanthropist also gives scholarships to pupils and a N50,000 endowment to the best graduating pupil.  He has also promised to sponsor any pupil who gained admission to study law at the University of Benin up to Master’s Degree level.

    The school Principal,  Mr Jolayemi Odedele, said Ahonaruogho had always supported the school.

    “Richard has always been supportive of the school. He has done a lot and is still doing more. It is a welcome development in the school. He made a promise to us and he fulfilled it,” he said.

    Odedele said the centre would  be of benefit to pupils and teachers, who will undergo training to expand their teaching delivery process.

    The Computer Teacher, Kelechi  Nwokocha,  said the use of comput

  • CEE-HOPE establishes ICT centre for girls

    CEE-HOPE establishes ICT centre for girls

    TO boost girl-child education, a rights and development-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), has established a Girl ICT Centre in Lagos.

    The centre, which comprises numerous computers meant to empower and train girls on ICT skills, was commissioned by a team of women rights activists and science experts led by the president of Women Arise, Dr Joe Okei Odumakin, and a Scotland-based Nigerian engineer, Anuli Obiaga Marshal.

    With  the emergence of ICT, Odumakin said the field had seen several women who have made their marks and are doing great feats. She, however, observed that ICT still needs more women innovators. While praising the efforts of CEE-HOPE at girl empowerment via education and now ICT, Odumakin suggested that catching them young is the key to raising more women in the sector.

    The commissioning, which held at CEE-HOPE head office after a seminar and screening of a documentary on the foundation, also had in attendance school girls from Lagos and Ogun states, members of CEE-HOPE’s Girls-Go-for-Greatness (Triple G) empowerment club drawn from Makoko and other marginalised communities in both states and CEE-HOPE volunteers.

    For Mrs. Marshal, a 37-year-old mother of two, there is nothing a girl cannot achieve given the right support. She called for more to be done to encourage girls and young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), saying it is an investment with great dividend.

    Marshal, who was said to be a staunch supporter of the foundation and a First-Class graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO (2002) and the University of Manchester (2005), currently works for a multinational company in Aberdeen, Scotland.

    Formed in 2013, CEE-HOPE works with marginalised children and girls in urban slums and marginalised communities. Its biggest programmes are sited in Makoko, which it describes as “Nigeria’s and West Africa’s biggest slum community”. The ICT Centre, which is part of the foundation’s newest initiative, tagged: Girls Take Tech is part of its girl empowerment programme meant to bridge the gap in the sector, according to the founder of CEE-HOPE, Betty Abah.

    She decried the gender disparity in the ICT, observing that the ongoing project is meant to urge disadvantaged girls to go for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) discipline.

    Commissioning of the ICT Centre, Abah noted, was the project’s pilot phase which would be replicated in the various communities where CEE-HOPE works with at-risk children across Lagos and in other states.

    “We, at CEE-HOPE, believe that the dream of every girl is important whether they live in the city – highbrow areas such as Banana Island – or in marginalised communities such as Makoko, Otukpo and Monkey Village. We must give wings to their dreams no matter their background, and since we are in the age of the ICT, we must encourage girls to embrace and go into the field, especially because of the wide gaps that exist there. Nothing says a girl cannot be an astronaut, an ICT guru, or a pilot, etc. All things are simply possible with the right encouragement,” she said.

    A member of the ‘Triple G’ programme in Makoko, described the event as “inspiring”, saying: “It is wonderful to see people who are ready to support our dreams. I am inspired to go higher in my education”.

    Other guests at the event included  Dr. Princess Olufemi-Kayode of the Media Concern for Women and Children (MEDIACON); Dr. Adeolu Olusodo of the Society for Love and Social Justice; founder of the Yinkakenny Girls Care Foundation, Olaoluwayimika Kehinde; founder of Kids and the Environment (CATE), Sola Alamutu; a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and a CEE-HOPE board member, who is also Abah’s uncle, Mr. Paul Ahmed; senior correspondent with the BBC, Mr. Sam Olukoya, and publisher of The Difference Newspaper, Mr. Richard Mammah.

     

     

  • Shell Nigeria Gas donates labs, ICT centre to Ogun school

    Shell Nigeria Gas donates labs, ICT centre to Ogun school

    Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has donated an ICT centre and well-equipped science laboratories to African Church Community Secondary School in Ewupe, a community hosting the company’s facilities in Ota, Ogun State.

    The gesture was the second phase of SNG’s intervention in the school to bring it to a competitive standard.

    Last year, the company also donated a block of five classrooms, a 12-room stand-alone toilet facility, school water system, upgraded football field, and rehabilitated five blocks of 19 classrooms for shared use by the school and the co-located Ebenezer African Church Primary School in the first phase of the intervention.

    “Our goal is to support government and other relevant agencies to close the gap of educational inequality between pupils of public schools and their counterparts in private schools,” Managing Director of SNG, Ed Ubong, said at a ceremony marking the completion and handover of the projects to Ogun State government.

    “We recognise education as the topmost need of the people of our neighboring communities and what we have done is a progression of our longstanding support to the school and to the communities,” Ubong added.

    Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Mrs. Modupe Mujota, who received the facilities, commended SNG’s gesture. She charged the students to take advantage of the facilities to “upscale their academic performance and competitive exploits”.

    “This singular act of Shell Nigeria Gas depicts the company’s fulfillment of its social responsibility for the development of its host communities and is worthy of emulation by others,” she said.

    The Principal, Mr. Gbolahan Adekunjo, acknowledged the improved academic standard and the growing number of enrolment in the school following the series of upgrade by SNG.

    “The interventions have resulted in an enabling environment for teaching and learning and the impact is felt by the students, staff, parents and catchment communities.”

    Community Development Association, Ewupe, Chairman Alhaji Monsuru Akande thanked SNG. He appealed to the government to create the enabling environment for SNG and other companies to support education in the state.

    SNG is owned by Shell  for the downstream distribution of gas.

    It operates a gas transmission and distribution network of approximately 115km and serves industrial customers in Ota, Ogun State and Aba in Abia State.

  • Ajimobi inaugurates ICT centre

    Ajimobi inaugurates ICT centre

    Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi yesterday inaugurated an ultra-modern ICT centre at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.

    The Florence Ajimobi Information Technology Building, equipped with 100 computers, was donated  by the governor’s wife, Florence, to mark her 58th birthday.

    According to him, “we are here to celebrate the foundation of growth and development because education is the key to development.

    “Leading nations are those that prioritise education and the major part of education today is ICT.

    “The illiterates of today are not those who cannot read and write but those that cannot use ICT gadgets properly.

    He described his wife as a masterpiece of nature, epitome of beauty and a priceless jewel,who he said he will marry again.

  • NEPC, Sterling Bank partner to establish ICT centre

    The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has  partnered  with Sterling Bank to establish  an Information Communication Technology (ICT) centre to encourage  competitiveness and enhance sustainability of non-oil exports.

    Mr Olusegun Awolowo,  the Chief Executive Officer of  NEPC, gave the indication at the inauguration of the new centre  in Lagos on Monday.

    According to him, the centre is a platform for training, information gathering and sharing, awareness creation, networking and market access for exporters.

    He said that ICT had far reaching role in supporting   modern technological innovations, sustainable development and access to global partners in the market space.

    “Entrepreneur with current and useful information is empowered to enhance opportunities, productivity and wide outreach which will impact positively on our non-oil export base,” he said.

    Awolowo said that the centre would be replicated in the six regional offices of the council to drive the country’s diversification agenda.

    Mr Kayode Lawal, the Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, Sterling Bank, said that the centre would keep exporters abreast on the developments in the ever changing global commodity prices.

    “Nigeria is a large exporter of crude oil, but not the largest exporter of agricultural produce which is the next agenda to change,” he said.

    Lawal said that export business and banking were interrelated, adding that the two areas were avenues for job creation, innovation and economic growth.

  • Fayose to build ICT centre for civil servants

    Fayose to build ICT centre for civil servants

    Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has promised to establish an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre for civil servants to boost their capacity and service delivery.

    The governor said this at a weekend meeting with primary school teachers.

    He noted that the centre would give workers the opportunity of undergoing training all-year around.

    Fayose, at the meeting, unfolded his plan to employ more teachers, and involve teachers in building and rehabilitating schools.

    The governor pledged to convoke a women conference to empower more women and give them more leadership positions.

  • Osun set up ICT centre to aid learning

    Osun set up ICT centre to aid learning

    Osun State government has set up a standard Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre in Osogbo, capital of Osun State for the purpose of training teachers and students in public schools in the state.

    Speaking during the inauguration of the ICT centre, the state governor,  Mr.  Rauf Aregbesola said the centre was meant to improve teaching and learning in public schools across the state and assist data processing activities.

    Aregbesola who was represented by the state Deputy Governor, Mrs Titilaoye Tomori said the state government was determined to enhance learning in public schools in the state. The governor said the centre would also facilitate data gathering, processing and dissemination in education sector in the state.

    He added that the ICT centre would make students in public schools in the state to be computer literate and acquire relevant knowledge that would enable them compete favourably with their counterparts in private schools.

    The governors said the directors in the education ministry were not exempted from the training and urged them to take advantage of the centre to be ICT compliance. He said the teachers would be trainedduring the holiday so that they would know what to teach students and pupils in their various schools when they resumed.

    “This is a holistic approach in overhauling the education in the state. We want our students to be computer literate at elementary school so that they can stand shoulder to shoulder with other students around the world,” he said.

    Aregbesola added “this ICT centre will assist us in accessing useful information and necessary data about education in Osun state and this will help the state government in its plan towards enhancing quality education in Osun.”

  • Succour as Lagos rural school gets ICT centre

    Succour as Lagos rural school gets ICT centre

    Despite came for students and residents of Lakowe, a rural community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos State with the commissioning of a new Information Communication Technology (ICT) centre at Iwerekun High School.

    The Omotayo Olusesi Ojomu ICT Centre was donated by Mr. Akorede Ojomu, to the school which served about 20 communities in the area.

    Ojomu said he was motivated to establishment the centre in the school as a way of promoting knowledge of ICT among the students and ensure best practices.

    ”I was propelled by the need to bridge the knowledge gap which I have identified in the indigent youths of this community and which I know could make them uncompetitive in their future endeavours.

    “Secondly, the driving force in me to help the helpless through the natural leadership instinct and conviction that I am sent to help in the emancipation of my people,” Oluwasesi said.

    He said, “There is need to inculcate the spirit of communal self-help in our people both upcoming ones and those who are already established.

    “I am beginning to think and see that my dream to contribute to the development of my people and our communities cannot be restricted by political limitations and uncertainties.”

    Ojomu explained that the area, over the years was regarded as backward in terms of modern infrastructural development, assuring that through the communal effort of the indigenes the situation will change.

    ”It is my appeal that all hands must be on deck and take our own destiny in our hands to make the educational and infrastructural development of our land a reality.”

    He said the idea of the ICT was conceived and executed in order to expose the students to emerging world.

    “We live in an age where vast amount of information passes from one side of the world to the other in seconds.

    ”Today’s world is a global village and market place of ideas. Ideas, as we all know rule the world.”

    In her remark, state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, said ICT will help enhance teaching and learning in schools.

    Represented by the Tutor General, Education District 111, Mr. Yinka Olaniyi, the commissioner said the government has given serious attention to the teaching of ICT to keep race with global technological development.