Lawmaker Trains 100 Youths on ICT in Kwara

By Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
No fewer than 100 youths in Ilorin east/ Ilorin south federal constituency of Kwara State have been trained on Information and Computer Technology (ICT) in order to make them self sufficient and wealth creation.

The training, which was facilitated by the lawmaker representing the federal constituency and chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Economic Development and National Planning, Hon. Abdulganiyu Saka Cook Olododo is aimed at making them more skillful in information technology towards improving their socio economic growth and provide employment opportunities
The programme was organised in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin.

The youths at the end of the training will be equipped with laptops and other equipment that would help them in their future endeavours.

Speaking at the event in Ilorin over the weekend, Hon. Olododo decried the non-acquisition of ICT skills among some youths in the federal constituency.

He said the development has eluded many of them a lot of economic opportunities due to lack of the ICT skills especially in the area of employment opportunities and establishment of their various businesses.

Olododo added that, “It is on this premise that I decided to organise this ICT training so as to allow them acquire skills in the information technology that would prepare them for future opportunities. ICT provides opportunities for economic self reliance, wealth creation, job creation, sustainable national economic growth and development and overall improvement in the socio-economic status of the citizens of any nation.”

Olododo who advised the youths to make use of the skills acquired during the training warned them against selling the laptops and other equipment that were given to them.