CITAD Introduces ‘We-You Pro’ for Women, Youth Participation in Politics, Election

By Yakubu Salisu, Kano

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has introduced a project tagged ‘We-You Pro’ geared towards the inclusion of youth and women in political governance process.

Isah Garba, senior programe officer CITAD, unvailed the project during a courtesy call at the Youth Progressive Party (YPP) office in Kano to brief them about the project and other activities of the Centre.

According to him, the project which would be implemented in Kano State, requires direct engagement of political parties and politicians and CITAD deemed it necessary to start with YPP being a youth party.

“The project is focusing on women and youth participation in politics/election, the project is implemented by CITAD with the support from Action Aid to implement and manage the inclusion of youth and women in political governance process.

The project will be working in Kano Munincipal, Dala, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale, Fagge, Bichi and Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State.

Under the partnership, CITAD will participate actively and build partnership with campaigners in Local and State Governments with the support from Action Aid and other civil society organizations”, he added

Garba further stated that the specific objections of the intervention is to mobilize critical mass of young people and women in leading campaign towards translating citizens demand into policy action in Kano State, and also ensure gender balance in decision making at political process that reflect the priorities of the Youth and women in Kano State.

He said that this would be done through three pronged of Human rights approach into empowering person’s at the grassroots to be given rights consciousness, capacity building of local institution and incentives for political parties to take account of the views of young people and women in political process all with the view to empower campaign development, and the voices of excluded person are listened to and their rights are respected accordingly.

Shortly after, the Chairman YPP party, Alhaji Salisu Salisu Umar, said the party had already been engaging youth and women in it’s political activities, where a young lady of 25 years of age contested for vice president sit in 2019 general election, and the party also contested and won senate seat in Anambra South.

He also revealed that the party is also aiming at given more youth and women chances to participate in politics and election, to show their views on politics to enable them develop there community/society in the future.

Umar, described the project as something already embedded in the party’s manifesto which provides avenue for women and youth participation in politics.

He assured of working hand in hand with CITAD in other to achieve the objectives of the project.

 

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CITAD Partners PRP on Project for Inclusion of Youth, Women in Politics

In it’s effort to educate women and youths in politics and democratic processes, Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support of Action Aid Nigeria on Sunday paid an advocacy visit to the leadership of People’s Redemption Party in kano to seek for it’s partnership in its new program title “We you pro” which aimed at educating and enlightening the youths and women on issues concerning politics.

Citad with the support of Action Aid Nigeria introduced the project to educate youths and women to participate and involve in politics for the development of their society.

During the visit ,the senior program officer Malam Isah Garba stated the manifestation of the visit and seek the support of the party leadership to partner with them in the cause of carrying out the gigantic action.

He added that youths are the roots of every society therefore, they need to be encouraged and involve in politics for the betterment of the society.

Garba said that the project is going to be carried out in Kano and to be conducted in Gwale , Nassarawa, Kano municipal ,Bichi, Sumaila, Fagge ,and Dala local Government.

Malam Isah said that, with the approaching of 2023 elections, youth and women need to be educated and encouraged to take part in electoral activities.

On his part the chairman of PRP expressed his gratitude on the introduction of the new project noting that it’s already in the manifestation of their party to involve the youths and women while carrying out their camping activities with out showing any differences.

Also, he assured of all his support and contribution to CITAD while carrying out the project.

He also challenged the youths who have not been taking part in Politics but allowed the aged persons to continue ruling them to wake up.

He advised the organisers of the program to include women and youths in remote areas because they are easily manipulated during elections.

CITAD Expresses Worries Over Lack Of Internet Access To 100m Nigerians, Demands Community Networks

By KATO P. LADAN, Kaduna

Worried by the statistics that over 100 million Nigerians lack access to Internet connectivity in 114 communities across the country, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Pantami to set up a national policy for the development of Community Networks.

Executive Director CITAD, Yunusa Zakari Yaú made the call at a press briefing in Kaduna on Wednesday.

“Call on the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy to set up a mechanism for the development of a National Policy for Community Networks,” he said.

CITAD also called on the NCC to develop guidelines and regulations for the operation of community networks in the country and to allow communities to access and use TV White Space (TVWS) for the purposes of setting up community networks.
” Enjoins the Galaxy Backbone PLC to provide communities with access to its backbone for them to use as their community networks getaways.
“The USPF to support the upgrading of the many community digital centres they set up in the country to serve as nucleus of community networks for communities that desirous and passionate to set up such in their communities.
“NITDA to work with communities at grassroots level to drive digital literacy which is critical for the effective utilization of digital technology and which is the foundation upon which the digital transformation agenda of the country will rest,” it further called.
Similarly, the group tasked  the private sector operators in the sector to as, their corporate social responsibility support communities building community networks.
“Call on all other stakeholders, including political office holders to support communities to go digital as critical contribution to community development,” he said.
The Executive Director explained that at the 16th edition of the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF)   commenced two days ago at Katowice, Poland, with the general theme of “United Internet”.

CITAD Holds Training on Community Network Centers for Community-based Organizations

The Centre for Information Technology and Development has organized capacity building training for Civil Society Organizations on the creation and maintenance of community network centers in rural communities.

The training which took place at Stonehedge Hotel Kaduna, was attended by seven community-based organizations from Abuja, Kaduna and Bauchi which include Dakwa, Leleyi Gwari, Pasepa, Tungan Ashere, others include Jamaare, and Itas Gadau.

In his opening remark, the Executive Director, CITAD Dr. Yunusa Yau said that the aim of the training is to equip the communities with the necessary skills to create and maintain community network centers. According to Yau, the organizations were selected based on the high demand for community networks centres in their communities.

Shugabancin Ƙasa shirme Ne Ga Matasa, Zurfafa Tunani shi ne Mafita -farfesa IBK

 

Shehin Malami a fannin harshen turanci dake jami’ar Bayero ,farfesa Ibrahim Bello Kano ya ce zurfafa tunani shi ne mafita ga matasa ba wai shugabancin kasa ba.

Ya bayyana hakan ne a yayin gudunar da taron bita ga matasa da cibiyar bincike da fasahar zamani ta CITAD ta ke shiryawa a duk shekara.

Ya ce matasa na bukatar Karin ilimi Wanda ba zuwa jami’a ne kadai ke bada shaidar samun ilimi ba illah zurfafa tunani a duk wani fanni.

Ferfasa IBK,ya Kara da cewa bai yadda da cewa jan ragamar kasar na gun matasa da ba illa sani da Kuma jajircewa shi ke nuna shugabanci inda muka yi la’akari da fahimta ta a kaso 25.

“shugaba kasa shirme na “matashi ya zama mai kwazo, sanin ya kamata, da Kuma mai neman ilimi,domin ko a yanzu ba shugaba Buhari ne ke mulki ba illa hadin gayya ta ko wanne fanni.

Farfesa Ibrahim Bello Kano ya Kara tuna wa matasa muhimmaci ilimi musamman wajen zurfafa tunani da Kuma samu kwarewa a harkokin su na yau da Kullum.

Shugaba Mai lura da al’amuran bitar a Cibiyar bincike da fasahar sadarwa na zamani CITAD Hajiya harira wakili ta ce, CITAD na shirya wanna bitar ne a duk shekara domin zaburar da matasa a kowanne fanni a kasar nan sanin muhimmaci kan su da Kuma kawo mafita a kan abun da ya shige musu duhu,Wanda wannan taron bitar yake kasance wa Karo na 5 a fadin jahar Kano.

GBV Harmful, Most Be Discourage — CITAD Program Manager

By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kàno
IT been observed that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a harmful  act being inflicted at individuals based on their gender and most be discourage at all levels.
The observation was made by the CITAD Project  Programme Officer in Kano state   Hajiya Zainab Aminu  during a Press Conference on GBV  organised by the NGO  yesterday at the CITAD  Office in Kano.
She said GBV is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue.
“As part of its continuing effort to curb GBV in the society and to promote the wellbeing of Women and Girl Child, including creating a safe and secure educational environment, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from Ford Foundation has been implementing a project titled
“Strengthening Citizens Response and Protection Against Gender Based Violence in Kano, Nigeria” whose aim is to achieve a safe society for women and girls, free from gender violence and discrimination to bridge gender gap in girl child education.
This involves stakeholders’ engagement, advocacy, tracking and monitoring of GBV incidences in order to make informed statements. It is for this reason that the organization has instituted a Monthly Press Conference to share information and data relating to GBV in Kano State. “
According to the Programme Manager  objective of doing this is to create public visibility of this menace and sensitize all stakeholders to take action in addressing it.
Our efforts In tracking incidences of GBV in the state, CITAD has implemented a Multi-approach Mechanism including the use of electronic platforms (CITAD GBV App) for people to reports incidences in privacy the use of monitors in tertiary institutions in the state as well as embedded monitors within communities
Sensitization activities and awareness creation by trained champions within the communities. Collaboration with Shamrock on sharing of data from Helpio App for reporting GBV collaborating with personalities that will serve as mentors. “
She  said sGBV is  been perpetrated against both male and female gender with a higher number of female victims within all age ranges in both rural, urban and suburban communities with prevalence in Urban Communities.
The cases highly reported is Sexual Harassment. The perpetrators are mostly male. It was also observed that the perpetrators of rape have no relation to the victims while for other types of GBV reported, the perpetrators are either family members, teachers/lecturers, student peers or even those that have no relation to the victims.
 In comparison with the data obtained in September, there was a drop in the reported cases from 61 in September to 22 in October. The total percentage of decline in the reported cases is 64%.Rape cases reported is 10 in September and 6 in October with 40% decline. “
nline harassment was 12 in September but in October, only 3 cases were reported with 75% decline.In September, we had 4 cases of sexual blackmail while only one case was reported in October with 75% decline.
In the case of Sexual Harassment, 18 cases were reported in September while in October, 8 cases were reported with 56% decline For sexual abuse, we had 14 cases in September and 4 cases in October with 71% decline.Other cases like wife battering and social media GBV have no reported cases in October.
Although there is a visible decline in reported cases of all forms of GBV, we still observe perpetration of GBV within the state. Furthermore, Sexual Harassment still remains the case with highest number of perpetrations.”
 This shows that there is still need for actions to be taken in term of Gender Based Violence in the state in order to eliminate/curb GBV.Recommendations:
“We recommend that the previous call to the Kano State Government and House of Assembly to domesticate the Child Rights Act and VAPP Act at the state level if implemented, will contribute in curbing this menace.Also, Religious leaders should continuously intensify efforts in creating awareness against GBV in the state.
Furthermore, Traditional leaders both at state and local levels to work with different authorities in curtailing the menace of GBV in the state. “
We also call on Institutions of higher learning in the state to all develop and implement gender policy and create appropriate mechanisms for victims and others to reports such incidences to the authorities.
The state government should not only adopt laws to protect women and girls, but also establish Referral Centers and Forensic Centers for victims.Government and Non-Governmental organizations should intensify activities to promote awareness and advocacy on violence against women.
Media houses should also continue to use their platforms in creating awareness against GBV and be reporting punishments done to perpetrators of GBV instead of focusing on the victims of GBV cases.

Cases of sexual harassments remains high in Kano

By Bashir Bello, KANO

Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD, has said that sexual harassments ranks top among other Gender-Based Violence, GBV, cases in Kano State.

The Centre’s Gender Officer, Zainab Aminu stated this during its monthly GBV briefing after deploying an android app in August to track and monitor GBV incidences recorded in the state.

Aminu said comparison of reports the centre received through the app in the months of September and October shows that sexual harrasment remains highly reported case.

She, however, called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, domesticate the Child Rights Act and VAPP Act in order to curb the menace in the state.

According to Aminu, “The cases highly reported is sexual harassment. The perpetrators are mostly male.

“In September, a number of sexual harassment cases reported stands at 18 while in October, eight cases were reported with 56% decline.

“Furthermore, sexual harassment still remains the case with highest number of perpetrations.

“For sexual abuse, we had 14 cases in September and four cases in October with 71% decline.

“Other cases like wife battering and social media GBV have no reported cases in October.

“Although there is a visible decline in reported cases of all forms of GBV, we still observe perpetration of GBV within the state.

“This shows that there is still need for actions to be taken in term of Gender Based Violence in the state in order to eliminate/curb it.

“Gender-based violence is a harmful act being inflicted at individuals based on their gender.

“It is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue.

“As part of its continuing effort to curb GBV in the society and to promote the wellbeing of women and girl child, including creating a safe and secure educational environment, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from Ford Foundation has been implementing a project titled ‘Strengthening Citizens Response and Protection Against Gender Based Violence in Kano, Nigeria..

“The aim is to achieve a safe society for women and girls, free from gender violence and discrimination, bridge gender gap in girl-child education, allowing for the attainment of gender parity in educational accomplishments.

“We recommend that the Kano State Government and House of Assembly to domesticate the Child Rights Act and VAPP Act at the state level because if implemented, will contribute in curbing this (GBV) menace.

“Similarly, religious and traditional leaders both at state and local levels should continuously intensify efforts in creating awareness and to work with different authorities in curtailing the menace of GBV in the state.

“We also call on institutions of higher learning in the state to all develop and implement gender policy and create appropriate mechanisms for victims and others to reports such incidences to the authorities.

“Equally, the state government should not only adopt laws to protect women and girls, but also establish Referral Centers and Forensic Centers for victims.

“We also urged the media houses to continue to use their platforms in creating awareness against GBV and be reporting punishments done to perpetrators of GBV instead of focusing on the victims of GBV cases,” Aminu stated

Centre urges Kano State Govt. to domesticate Child Rights, VAPP Acts

has urged the Kano State Government to domesticate the Child Rights Act of 2003 and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 so as to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state.

The centre made the call at a news conference in Kano to give feedback on its monthly online assessessment of cases of gender violence.

Miss Zainab Aminu, the Gender Project Programme Officer of CITAD, told newsmen that the implementation of the two acts was crucial to curtail the menace.

The CHILD RIGHTS ACT 2003 is an act to provide and protect the rights of Nigerian children; and other related matters.

 

Aminu explained that the centre had implemented a multi-approach mechanism, especially with the use of electronic platforms to track cases of gender violence.

She said “we use monitors also, in tertiary institutions in the state as well as embedded monitors within communities to track cases.

“The centre also collaborates with Shamrock on sharing of data from Helpio App for reporting of GBV cases.”

 

She added that the centre had also launched its own app called CITD GBV App and received 18 cases in October.

The officer also stressed that although there was a decline in the number of cases received in September 2021, there was need to intensify efforts toward creating awareness on the menace.

She appealed to religious and traditional leaders to work with authorities and advocate more on the menace.

 

CITAD had urged institutions of higher learning in the state to develop and implement gender policies and create mechanisms for victims to report incidences to authourities.

 

To the state government, the centre further appealed for the adoption of laws to protect women and girls and also establish referral centres for survivors.

 

It implored the media to continue to create awareness on GBV and stress punishments for perpetrators to serve as deterrant to others. (NAN)

CITAD consults with stake holders to see how women and youth can be involved in politics.

As a result of the gap between women and youth in politics and leadership across the country, Center for Information Technology And Development in partnership with ActionAid has consulted with various sectors of the society to see how to empower youth and women in politics. and leadership.

John Otara, CITAD’s Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, introduced the participants to the content of the program / discussion, beginning with explaining why CITAD is launching this program in collaboration with Actionaid, in the run-up to the 2023 General Elections.

Speaking on the occasion, Isa Garba, the Center Program Officer, said the initiative was launched to see how different sections of the society can contribute to the empowerment of women and youth in politics and leadership. .

The 8 Local Government Areas (LGAs) have been selected a cross the Centeral in and around Kano based on their impact, as well as the impact of Kano State (the country’s most populous state) and the potential impact.

Participants included members of the Political Parties from the PDP and PRP as well as political Programs presenters at Arewa Radio, Freedom and NGOs from various local government areas where in attendance.

Nura Ma’aji, the leader of the PDP Youth (Kwankwasiyya), expressed his happiness and explained some of the reasons behind the decline of the youth and women in politics.

For his part, the former PRP Youth Leader described the youths’ respect for money and nuts instead of focusing on how to contribute to society.

Among those the program expects to consult and contribute to the program are Former Politicians, Kannywood Actors, Religious Leaders, Traditional Rulers, radio stations and more.

NHRC Kano Zonal office partners CITAD to end gender-based violence

The National Human Rights Commission NHRC, Kano Zonal office has reiterated its commitment to collaborate with Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), to fight sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the state.

State Coordinator of the Commission, Shehu Abdullahi stated this while receiving the delegation of CITAD in his office for an advocacy visit.

Abdullahi, while expressing deep concern and worries over the rise in the case of violence against women and girl-child in the state, said the act was often time carried out by elderly persons.

Earlier, the state coordinator noted that the NHRC cannot single-handedly and successfully stop the scourge of violence against women and girl-child without the support and collaboration of non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations.

On her part, the Gender technical officer of the center, Zainab Aminu, said CITAD recently conducted a survey in 22 local government areas of Kano State on violence against women and children and the results showed that the practice is on the rise. She maintained that, this negative outcome calls for deep involvement of stakeholders and relevant authorities across the state to curtail its spread.

She also added that for such a crusade against GBV on women and girl-child to be successful, all hands must be on deck to tackle it.

Zainab Aminu, expressed that there is need to advance and sustain the campaign against all sorts of violence against the girl child and identify more partners to be involved in the struggle. She urged parents, religious institutions, community members and the media to encourage victims to speak out on cases of abuse or violence.

Madam Zainab appealed to the NHRC to provide data of violence against young girls and women to the center, because data is key in addressing gender-based violence cases and it will help to get a rundown of cases across the state.

All the tiers of government were urged to put up stringent measures to serve as deterrent against the perpetrators of the heinous act for a better society

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), ICT experts, media professionals, intellectuals and social influencers have strongly advocated for the exploration, adoption and deployment of right strategies to deploy digital technology for the promotion of democracy and good governance in Nigeria.

Some dignatories at the opening ceremony.

Speaking at the opening session of the second edition of the Kano Social Influencers Summit, tagged; KANSIS2021, held at the Digital Bridge Institute in Kano on Wednesday, the gathering, which included ICT experts, academics, media professionals, and social influencers, canvassed for positive ideas from young and dynamic Nigerians with digital technology skills.

In his welcome address at the opening session of the two-day summit, Convener of KANSIS and Executive Director of CITAD, Mallam (Engr) Y.Z. Ya’u, said the Summit, which was inaugurated in 2019 and meant to be an annual event, could not hold last year due to Covid-19 pandemic.

YZ Ya’u Executive Director CITAD

Mallam Y’au said KANSIS was conceived to be “three things in one:” a laboratory, a forum for interface of people with ideas and a social clinic for interrogating those ideas and learn.

“KANSIS is conceived to be three things in one. It is a laboratory, an incubator: meaning that participants would receive ideas, explore them and by the time we leave here, go away with them so that they can grow up and become something that will impact on either promoting democracy, good governance, fighting insecurity and anything that is positive in transforming Nigeria through our own traits.

“It is also a forum to prove of ourselves, meaning that, there are people who have toyed with various ideas, various tools and they are gearing to share their experience of the good work that they have been doing across various sectors and using different tools to achieve impact in the society; they will showcase those things they are doing and for us to learn and possibly improve on what they are doing.

“It is also a social clinic, a clinic in the sense that we’re here to interrogate ideas; we’re here to learn; we’re here to ask questions and possibly get answers, but if we don’t get answers, we’ll keep on asking the questions until we’re able to get those answers and succeed,” Mallam Ya’u said.

The chairman of opening session, Mallam Ibrahim Tizhe, who is the Provost, College of Fellows, Nigeria Computer Society, and former Chairman/President of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), commended CITAD for the initiative as he heighted the revolutionary impacts and potentials of digital technology on society.

Participants.

“I would like to draw our attention to the fact that information technology has already revolutionised the way we work and live in this century and it cuts across government; influencing the way government makes policies; it also affects the way we conduct business; it also affects us as citizens; it affects the way we are seen by our governments just as it affects the way we relate with our governments,” Mallam Tizhe stressed.

He called on social influencers to use the two-day event to, in greater detail, look at the issues surrounding how technology and media are blending to impact directly on the lives of citizens and their businesses.

“Today and tomorrow, you social influencers are going to look into, in greater detail, the issues surrounding how technology and media are fusing to influence the way we run our lives. In business, we know that the greatest players today are technology people. We know that Amazon, Alibaba do not have a single shop and they do not manufacture anything, but they have reduced the gap between manufacturers and consumers to displace middlemen from their offices and their various devices.

“Uber does not have a single taxi, yet they determine the way you are being transported from your originating point to your destination. These and many others are the ways we are doing business by technology. The movement from the traditional media to the new media is what has given birth to social influencers as a formidable group in the information industry,” Mallam Tizhe said.

Noting that though social media has brought a boom to the information industry by an incredible reduction of gap in communication and “bringing a profound relief in the way we get information, the speed at which we get it and the quantity at a very given time,” Mallam Tizhe stressed that the social media has also its dangers or disadvantages, particularly to the younger generation who are the principal consumers of the information that are peddled via the social media.

“As experts, I am expecting that you will discuss the potency that the social media has to positively affect the society and at the same time I want you to examine the negative effects that it has on the society.” He said

For Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, senior fellow, Centre for Democracy and Democracy (CDD), KANSIS2021 is another occasion for learning.

Prof Ibrahim, a renowned columnist and Chairman of the Editorial Board of Abuja-based online newspaper, Premium Times, said in a sense, one of the greatest things about ICT revolution is the inversion of the age-knowledge dynamics.

“I think in a sense, the greatest thing about the technology revolution that produced the social influencers is the inversion of the age-knowledge dynamics if we believe that the older you are, the more knowledge you have accumulated over time and therefore, the older, the more knowledgeable and hopefully, the wiser. But that trend has been reversed.”

Prof Ibrahim also argued that the world is “being defined and redefined by very young people” driving the ICT revolution and their target audience.

“The world is being defined and redefined by very young people, if you look at the technology giants that are running the big tech companies; when you look at the audience that’s targeted; and above all, when you look at those who’re in need of these media, what’s remarkable is their very young age,” Ibrahim said adding that this poses, for him, the question of political power.

“Somehow, for me, it always poses the question of political power. We live in a country called Nigeria where our leadership, for the most part, are in their 70s and in their 80s but where over 70% of the population is below 35.

“That poses an interesting issue I came here to seek answers to and I am relying on all of you to give me the answers. Why is there such a discrepancy, such disequilibrium between the power equation, the knowledge equation and the engagement equation? You really, really need to explain this to me because if I don’t understand what causes this, I will be at a loss on how to write my column,” Prof Ibrahim challenge an audience dominated by young men and women.

But Dr Chris Kwaja of Centre for Peace Studies, Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State, came to the defence of the youth in his goodwill remark by locating the disequilibrium in the lack of social mobility by the younger generation of Nigerians in their lack economic capacity to access to power.

Dr Kwaja, who said he is Prof Ibrahim’s student, said Nigerian the youth are currently, in spite of their numerical strength, in a catch-22 situation, a weakened position made worse by godfather syndrome.

He said: “I engaged a young man here in Kano and I said; why is it that despite the population of the young men and women in Kano and Nigeria in general, we still have a situation where the old still determine and define the outcome of an election? He said that for them, what they know outside, when they go back home, they only answer yes sir and ma to their parents and their godfathers, and that the godfather syndrome is ruining the future of many of the young people.

“These young men and women have been weakened because you are dealing with a society where these young people relied on their parents at 18, 19, 20, 21 to 25; when they still collect money from their parents to go to school.

“Many of them don’t have their voters cards, they are in the lockers of their parents who come back home in the evening to tell them; “we have decided that APC is the party to vote for; PDP is the party to vote for; and these young men and women are in a catch-22 situation of disobeying their parents and vote according to their conscience while facing the risk losing what they will lose from their parents.”

He said the prevailing context as it affects young people in Nigeria is best illustrated in the Not-too-Young-to-Run Bill. “We saw that with the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill that was passed. One of the key messages from that bill was that it is not enough for us to say not too young to run in the context of the reform of the constitution but that a lot needs to be done about social mobility. Social mobility in the context where youth empowerment goes beyond tokenism…

“Until they are able to have a conversation that discusses the youth question in the context of their empowerment, and whether this empowerment translates into political power, we will continue to have this disequilibrium of power between the young men and the old men,” Dr Kwaja argued.

The two-day programme, which was held with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, Arewa Radio, NITDA and NCC among other organisations, I am happy to announce that over the next two days, will see a total of about 65 presentations by different speakers and resource persons and influencers in and about 3 plenary sessions and 16 parallel sessions.

In one of the sessions after the first two plenary sessions, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of National Record, Mr Onah L. Iduh, spoke on the topic: “Online Newspapers: Are They Reporting the News or They Are the News?” The session, chaired by Prof Jibrin Ibrahim was also addressed by the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Abuja-based Newsdiaryonline.com, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni, and Mr Ismail Auwal, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Sahelian Times.

Youth Tasked To Utilize Digital Technology For Sustainability

Minister for Communications and Digital economy, Dr Ali Pantami, has urged Nigerian youths to explore and effectively utilize digital economy in the country.

Pantami made the call during a virtual keynote address at the Social Media Influencers Summit organised by Centre for Information Technology and Development,held at Digital skills institute Kano.

The minister who was represented by the Executive Director Universal Service Provisions Fund (USPF) Mr Yusha’u Ayuba, explained that Digital economy could be used to achieve good governance.

He pointed out that the federal government has a passion to assist the youths in exploring opportunities available to improve their lives according to international world practices.

Dr. Pantami reiterated the present administration’s commitment to support the outcome of the summit, in every way possible for the benefit of the teeming Nigerian youths.

In a remark, Executive Director Centre for Information, Technology and Development (CITAD) Dr Yunusa Zakariyau, charged youths on positive utilization of social media.

He described the social media as a tool for addressing problems bedeviling the country such as security and corona virus pandemic and called for urgent regulation of digital media platforms.

In his contribution, a researcher at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Management, Dr. Chris Kwaja tasked the youths on effective utilisation of skills.

He said that one of the biggest transformation witnessed in the world, was the emergence of the social media as a computer based technology, saying that the social media has became a major catalyst for the transfer of information across communities.

The summit tagged ‘KANO SOCIAL INFLUENCERS SUMMIT 2021’ was organized to provide orientation to the youths on exploration and utilization of social media for good governance and national development.

The Summit attracted all stakeholders in the Information Technology sector, as well as Digital Economy, to brainstorm on how to use the social media for national development.

KHADIJAH ALIYU

 

Taron masu Tasirin Kafafan Sadarwa na Zamani na Kano na Biyu; Daga Jibrin Ibrahim.

A watan Yulin 2019, Cibiyar Fasahar Sadarwa da Cigaban Jama’a (CITAD) ta shirya taron masu tasiri a kafafen sada zumunta na farko a Kano a matsayin taron tattaunawa kan ra’ayoyi da nazari kan hanyoyin da kafafen sada zumunta suka mamaye babbar hanyar sadarwa tare da tantance abin da muka yi. gani kuma ku sani amma kuma ku mamaye mu da rabin gaskiya, karya da farfaganda. Wata dama ce ta yin tunani a kan hukumarmu a matsayin ƴan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin wannan hadadden wuri mai faɗi da aka samar. A jiya ne aka kammala taro na biyu a Kano.

A halin yanzu, akwai kimanin mutane miliyan 108 masu amfani da intanet na yau da kullun a Najeriya. A bayyane yake, Najeriya ta sami sauye-sauye sosai tun bayan dokar 75 ta 1992 ta ba da izini ga mai zaman kansa da kuma fadada ayyukan sadarwa. Wannan shi ne mahallin da ke bayyana duniyar da muke rayuwa a cikinta, wanda yawancin mu ke da damar yin amfani da intanet da kuma shiga cikin kafofin watsa labarun.
A jawabinsa na bude taron, Babban Darakta na CITAD, YZ Ya’u, ya jaddada muhimmancin taron a matsayin mai samar da manyan ra’ayoyi don gwagwarmayar dimokuradiyya, damar da za ta yada sabbin tsare-tsare da ke aiki a harkokin kasuwanci da ci gaban zamantakewa sannan a karshe, raba ra’ayoyi. kan yadda za a magance matsalolin da ke addabar al’ummarmu, musamman tashe-tashen hankula da rashin tsaro. A wannan shekara, an gabatar da gabatarwar 65 da kuma lokuta biyu don sababbin ra’ayoyi – zaman ‘budewar mic’ ga mutanen da ke da wani abu da suke son faɗi wanda masu shirya ba su yi tunani ba, da kuma zaman ‘mahaukacin ra’ayi’, ga waɗanda ke gaba da lankwasa. don kawo mana saura cikin sauri.
A cikin watan da ya gabata, mun koyi abubuwa da yawa daga Frances Haugen, wani tsohon masanin kimiyyar bayanai na Facebook, ya mai da hankali kan illar da suke haifarwa, ta hanyar amfani da takardun cikin kamfanin. Ta nuna tabbatacce a cikin shedawa ga Majalisar Dokokin Amurka da Majalisar Biritaniya cewa Facebook don haɓaka riba da gangan yana cutar da masu rauni ta hanyar haɓaka ɓarna da haɓaka rarrabuwa. Suna yada kalaman kiyayya da sanin ya kamata, suna tura mutane fada da kashe juna da kuma lalata kimar mutane masu rauni ta yadda hakan ke haifar da illa ga al’umma.
Duniyar da muke rayuwa a cikinta ta hanyar intanet ne kuma babban abin da ke tattare da ita shi ne cewa kamfanonin fasahar da ke tafiyar da ita mallakin matasa ne, masu amfani da su matasa ne kuma suna sarrafa hanyoyin tafiyar da bayanai da kuma tarin kudaden shiga da ke fitowa daga fannin. Akwai babban rashin daidaituwa amma duk da haka a Amurka da Najeriya, masu rike da mukaman siyasa sun tsufa, a cikin shekaru saba’in kuma sun bambanta da buri, buri da damuwa ga matasa.
Yana da mahimmanci a warware wannan musamman yayin da muke rayuwa a cikin duniyar da muke tunanin kafofin watsa labarun sun ba mu duka manyan dandamali don bayyana kanmu da kuma nuna hotunanmu. Wannan gaskiya ne amma gaskiyar ita ce, an rikitar da wannan zamani zuwa al’umma mai sa ido wanda kusan kamfanoni biyar da ke gudanar da intanet suna da fayiloli akan mu duka, abin da muke so da abin da muke ƙi, sha’awarmu, ra’ayoyinmu na siyasa da jerin sunayen. na me da wadanda muke ki.
Daya daga cikinsu mai suna Facebook yana samun mutum miliyan 129 daga cikin mu don ba su bayanan sirri kyauta a kullum – miliyan 90 a WhatsApp, miliyan 30 kai tsaye a Facebook kansa yayin da miliyan tara ke amfani da Instagram. A twitter, mu miliyan 40 ne kawai ke ba su bayanan sirri kyauta duk da dakatarwar da Shugaba Buhari ya yi na nuna yadda karfin siyasa ya yi rauni ga manyan kafafen sada zumunta. Naku da gaske yana da laifi kamar yadda aka tuhume ni yayin da nake amfani da waɗannan dandamali na sa’o’i da yawa kowace rana.
Ga kasa kamar Najeriya, kuna buƙatar mahaukatan tunani don ciyar da ƙasar gaba. Bulama Mustapha, masanin zane-zanen Trust wanda ya jagoranci tattaunawa kan ‘mahaukacin tunani’, ya jaddada mahimmancin tsokanar mutane su yi tunani mai zurfi ta hanyar gabatar da hadaddun ra’ayoyi da yawa a cikin hotuna da aka gabatar cikin sauki. Shi ya sa yake amfani da zane-zanen zane-zane a cikin aikinsa na Aminiya, da gangan ya ingiza mutane su fuskanci tafsiri da yawa da kuma tinkarar gaskiyar tunani.
Eh, mashahuran facebook kuma mai karfin fada-a-ji ya kasance a wajen taron, amintaccen CITAD, su ma sun kawo masu laifin kamar yadda ake tuhuma. Ebuka Ogbodo, daga Facebook ya shiga taron ta yanar gizo daga ofishin su na Landan kuma ya yi magana mai zafi game da jajircewarsu da saka hannun jari wajen yakar da kawar da kalaman kiyayya da labaran karya da kuma gurbatattun bayanai daga dandalinsu tare da masu bincike na ciki da waje. Zai iya gaya wa marine.
A cikin watan da ya gabata, mun koyi abubuwa da yawa daga Frances Haugen, wani tsohon masanin kimiyyar bayanai na Facebook, ya mai da hankali kan illar da suke haifarwa, ta hanyar amfani da takardun cikin kamfanin. Ta nuna tabbatacce a cikin shedawa ga Majalisar Dokokin Amurka da Majalisar Biritaniya cewa Facebook don haɓaka riba da gangan yana cutar da masu rauni ta hanyar haɓaka ɓarna da haɓaka rarrabuwa. Suna yada kalaman kiyayya da sanin ya kamata, suna tura mutane fada da kashe juna da kuma lalata kimar mutane masu rauni ta yadda hakan ke haifar da illa ga al’umma.
Ta karkare da cewa yayin da a matakin hukuma, Facebook yayi ikirarin yaki da rashin gaskiya da cutar da al’umma. A aikace, suna yin akasin akasin haka kuma da’awar da suke yi na yakar ɓangarorin da ba a sani ba kawai gimmick ne na dangantakar jama’a.
Taron dai ya gudana ne a birnin Kano, hedikwatar masana’antar Kannywood, don haka ko shakka babu wannan ya kasance a kan ajandar, musamman yadda kamfanonin Intanet ke kula da duk wani fanni na al’adu. Wani batu da ya taso shi ne yadda gwamnati ta yi kaka-gida tare da tantance fina-finan Kannywood. Wani misali da ya bayyana shi ne, matsalar zamantakewar al’umma a Kano a yau ita ce yawaitar hare-haren wuka da aka yi wa mutane a kan tituna da matasa masu shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi ke karbe wa mutane su sayar.
Gwamnati ba ta yarda a nuna ƙungiyoyin tashin hankali don haka ba za a iya ba da labarin ba. Gabaɗaya, tun fitowar ta, Kannywood ta kasance tana da ƙaƙƙarfan tsarin ɗabi’a da addini na aikin ‘yan sanda, na yau da kullun da na yau da kullun, wanda ke iyakance abun ciki. A lokacin da Sarkin Kano na 14, Mohammed Sanusi II, ya ba da shawarar kafa kauyen fim don inganta abubuwan da ke ciki da kasuwanci, an rufe shi. A yau, intanet ta bude wa Kannywood manya-manyan sabbin abubuwa. Masana’antar na kara tashi sama da karfin gwamnati da malamai ta hanyar shiga YouTube kai tsaye a yayin da fina-finan Kannywood ke jan hankalin miliyoyin mutane.
Ruhin taron shi ne cewa kafofin watsa labarun suna da damar da za su ba da gudummawa don kawo sauyi ga al’umma kamar yadda za a iya amfani da su don lalata ta. A Najeriya, kamar sauran kasashen duniya, mun ga abubuwa guda biyu. Yayin da amfani da shi ke ƙaruwa, kaɗan ne suka tunkari wannan ta hanyar dabarun da za su iya amfana sosai daga amfani da shi. Taron ya ba da damar fitar da labarai masu nasara na yin amfani da kafafen sada zumunta don kyautatawa ta yadda za a iya fadada irin wannan amfani da kuma maimaita su.
A karon farko, masu shirya fina-finai yanzu suna samun kuɗi ta hanyar zazzagewar intanet mai yawa da tallata biyan kuɗi da gujewa sarrafawa. Kyakkyawan al’amari shine don zama masu gasa, ana tilasta musu su inganta abun ciki, ɗaukar ingantattun marubutan rubutun da kuma inganta harkar fim gabaɗaya. Ya zuwa yanzu, labari ne mai kyau yayin da ma’anar fim ɗin “amincewa” ke canzawa daga abin da gwamnati da malamai suka yarda da abin da masu kallo ke son kallo. Hatta waƙa da raye-rayen da aka aro daga yanayin Indiya suna shuɗewa yayin da ƙarin rubutun asali ke fitowa. A yau ne gwamnatin jihar Kano ta fara tunanin yadda za ta iya sarrafa tashar YouTube, dama!!!
Ga kasa kamar Najeriya, kuna buƙatar mahaukatan tunani don ciyar da ƙasar gaba. Bulama Mustapha, masanin zane-zanen Trust wanda ya jagoranci tattaunawa kan ‘mahaukacin tunani’, ya jaddada mahimmancin tsokanar mutane su yi tunani mai zurfi ta hanyar gabatar da hadaddun ra’ayoyi da yawa a cikin hotuna da aka gabatar cikin sauki. Shi ya sa yake amfani da zane-zanen zane-zane a cikin aikinsa na Aminiya, da gangan ya ingiza mutane su fuskanci tafsiri da yawa da kuma tinkarar gaskiyar tunani.
Chioma Agwuegbo ta yi wannan batu ne domin ta fito da mahaukatan tunani; dole ne mutum ya sami ilimi kuma ya iya yin tunani a waje da akwatin. Mahaukata sun ci gaba da haɓaka manyan ƙungiyoyin gyara da suka haɗa da: #BringBackOurGirls, #NotTooYoungToRun da #Isisa. Dukkansu sun ingiza allura kan sake fasalin zamantakewa da dimokuradiyya, yawanci a karkashin jagorancin matasa. Bari mu ƙarfafa ra’ayoyin hauka.
Ruhin taron shi ne cewa kafofin watsa labarun suna da damar da za su ba da gudummawa don kawo sauyi ga al’umma kamar yadda za a iya amfani da su don lalata ta. A Najeriya, kamar sauran kasashen duniya, mun ga abubuwa guda biyu. Yayin da amfani da shi ke ƙaruwa, kaɗan ne suka tunkari wannan ta hanyar dabarun da za su iya amfana sosai daga amfani da shi. Taron ya ba da damar fitar da labarai masu nasara na yin amfani da kafafen sada zumunta don kyautatawa ta yadda za a iya fadada irin wadannan amfani da kuma maimaita su.
Haka ne, manyan kamfanonin fasaha – Apple, Google, Facebook da Amazon duk sun ƙirƙira algorithms waɗanda ke tura manyan labarun, maganganun ƙiyayya da labaran karya don shiga hoto ko bidiyo mai zagaya yanar gizo da sauri saboda yana samar da ƙarin kudaden shiga a gare su. Ta haka ne, su ne ainihin masu tasiri kuma tasirin tasirinsu ba shi da kyau ga al’umma.
Sun kirkiro tsarin jari-hujja na sa ido kuma sun tattara bayanai masu yawa a kan mu duka – ra’ayoyin mu na akida da siyasa, ra’ayoyin addini, abubuwan so da rashin son sanin abin da za mu tura mana. Sun zama Babban Brother suna kallon mu. Duk da haka, har yanzu akwai sauran damar yin adalci na zamantakewa da gwagwarmayar dimokuradiyya a kan dandamali kuma dukkanmu muna buƙatar koyon yadda mafi kyawun zaɓi da amfani da dama a kan dandamali don haɓaka dalilai masu kyau.
Farfesa Jibrin Ibrahim babban jami’in cibiyar dimokuradiyya da ci gaba (CDD), Abuja. National Record yana da izinin Farfesa Ibrahim ya buga labarinsa mai suna Deepening Democracy, kowace Juma’a daga yau. An fara buga shafin ne a jaridar Aminiya, kuma duk ranar Juma’a.
Ku biyo shi a twitter: @jibrinibrahim17

The Second Kano Social Media Influencers Summit; By Jibrin Ibrahim

In July 2019, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) organized the first social media influencers summit in Kano as a symposium of ideas and trend analysis on the ways in which social media platforms have taken over the communications super highway and determine what we see and get to know but also inundate us with half-truths, outright falsehood and propaganda. It was an opportunity to reflect on our own agency as active actors in this complex and vast space that has been provided. Yesterday, the second Summit was concluded in Kano.

Currently, there are an estimated 108 million regular internet users in Nigeria. Clearly, Nigeria has been transformed immensely since Decree 75 of 1992 allowed for privatization and the vast expansion of telecommunication services. This is the context that defines the world we live in, in which most of us have access to surf on the internet and access the social media.
In his opening remarks, the Executive Director of CITAD, Y. Z. Ya’u, emphasised the importance of the Summit as an incubator of great ideas for democratic struggles, an opportunity to spread innovative systems that work in enterprise and social development and finally, sharing ideas on how to address the serious challenges confronting our Nation, especially rising conflicts and insecurity. This year, 65 presentations were made and two occasions for new ideas – an ‘open mic’ session for people who have something they want to say that organisers had not thought of, and a ‘crazy ideas’ session, for those ahead of the curve to bring the rest of us up to speed.
Over the past month, we have learnt a lot from Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, turned whistle blower who has drawn our attention to the harm they cause, using company internal documents. She has shown convincingly in testimonies to the United States Congress and British Parliament that Facebook for the sake of enhancing profits deliberately does harm to the vulnerable by amplifying disinformation and promoting division. They knowingly spread hate speech, pushing people to fight and kill each other and destroying the self-esteem of vulnerable people thereby enhancing harmful outcomes for society.
The world in which we live in is run by the internet and its key feature is that the tech companies that run it are owned by young people, the users are young and they control information flows and massive revenues accruing from the sector. There is a huge disequilibrium however as both in the United States and in Nigeria, the political class in charge is old, in their seventies and totally at variance with the wishes, aspirations and concerns with the youth.
It is important to resolve this especially as we live in a world in which we think the social media has given us all great platforms to express ourselves and show our images. This is true but the reality is that the contemporary has been transformed into a surveillance society in which about five companies that run the internet have files on all of us, what we like and what we hate, our passions, our political views and a list of what and those we hate.
One of them called Facebook gets 129 million of us to provide them free intelligence daily – 90 million on WhatsApp, 30 million directly on Facebook itself while nine million use Instagram. On twitter, we are only 40 million providing them the free intelligence in spite of President Buhari’s ban showing how weak political power is relative to the vast powers of the social media. Yours truly is guilty as charged as I use these platforms for many hours daily.
For a country like Nigeria, you need crazy ideas to take the country forward. Bulama Mustapha, the Trust cartoonist who led the discussion on ‘crazy ideas’, emphasized the importance of provoking people to think deeply by presenting complex and multiple ideas in images presented in a soft manner. That is why he uses cartoons in his work in Daily Trust, deliberately pushing people to confront multiple interpretations and confront the reality of critical thinking.
Yes, the infamous and all-powerful Facebook was also at the Summit, trust CITAD, they also brought in the guilty as charged. Ebuka Ogbodo, from Facebook joined the meeting online from their London Office and spoke passionately about their commitment and investments in combating and removing hate speech and fake news and particularly, disinformation from their platforms in conjunction with internal and external fact checkers. He can tell that to the marines.
Over the past month, we have learnt a lot from Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, turned whistle blower who has drawn our attention to the harm they cause, using company internal documents. She has shown convincingly in testimonies to the United States Congress and British Parliament that Facebook for the sake of enhancing profits deliberately does harm to the vulnerable by amplifying disinformation and promoting division. They knowingly spread hate speech, pushing people to fight and kill each other and destroying the self-esteem of vulnerable people thereby enhancing harmful outcomes for society.
She concludes that while on the formal level, Facebook claims to be fighting disinformation and harm to society. In practice, they do exactly the opposite and that their claims to fighting disinformation are merely a public relations gimmick.
The summit was in Kano, the world headquarters of Kannywood, so that was certainly on the agenda, especially, the creeping control of the internet companies on all arenas of culture. One issue that arose was the extensive control and censorship of Kannywood films by government. One example that emerged was that the basic social problem in Kano today is widespread knife attacks on people in the streets by young drugged persons seizing phones from people to sell.
Government does not allow depiction of violent gangs so the stories cannot be told. More generally, since its emergence, Kannywood has been characterised by a strong moral and religious form of policing, formal and informal, that limit content. When the 14th Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi II, suggested establishment of a film village to improve content and business prospects, he was shut down. Today, the internet has opened huge new vistas for Kannywood. The industry is rapidly flying above control by government and clergy by going directly to YouTube as Kannywood films are today attracting millions of downloads.
The spirit of the Summit was that the social media has the potentials to contribute to transforming society just as it can be used to undermine it. In Nigeria, as in the rest of the world, we have seen elements of both. While its use is increasing, few have approached this from a strategic point such that they can benefit positively from its uses. The Summit provided an opportunity to bring out successful stories of using the social media for good so that such uses could be amplified and replicated.
For the first time, filmmakers are now making money through massive internet downloads and advert payments and escaping controls. The positive aspect is that to be competitive, they are being forced to improve content, recruit quality scriptwriters and generally improve the cinematography. So far, it is a good story as the definition of “acceptable” film is changing from what government and clergy accept to what the viewers want to watch. Even the singing and dancing borrowed from the Indian scenario is fading out as more original scripts emerge. Today, Kano State government is reflecting on how it can control YouTube, fat chance!!!
For a country like Nigeria, you need crazy ideas to take the country forward. Bulama Mustapha, the Trust cartoonist who led the discussion on ‘crazy ideas’, emphasized the importance of provoking people to think deeply by presenting complex and multiple ideas in images presented in a soft manner. That is why he uses cartoons in his work in Daily Trust, deliberately pushing people to confront multiple interpretations and confront the reality of critical thinking.
Chioma Agwuegbo made the case that to come up with crazy ideas; one must have knowledge and be able to think outside the box. Great reform movements have been advanced by the crazy including: #BringBackOurGirls, #NotTooYoungToRun and #EnoughIsEnough. They have all pushed forward the needle on social and democratic reform, usually under the leadership of young people. Let’s encourage more crazy ideas.
The spirit of the Summit was that the social media has the potentials to contribute to transforming society just as it can be used to undermine it. In Nigeria, as in the rest of the world, we have seen elements of both. While its use is increasing, few have approached this from a strategic point such that they can benefit positively from its uses. The Summit provided an opportunity to bring out successful stories of using the social media for good so that such uses could be amplified and replicated.
Yes, the top tech companies – Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon have all developed algorithms that push extreme stories, hate speech and fake news to go viral because it generates more revenue inflows for them. In that sense, they are the real influencers and the impact of their influence is negative on society.
They have developed a system of surveillance capitalism and aggregated vast data on all of us – our ideological and political tendencies, religious views, likes and dislikes to know what to push to us. They have become the Big Brother watching us. Nonetheless, there is still room for social justice and democracy struggles on their platforms and we all need to learn how best to choose and use opportunities on their platforms to promote just causes.
Professor Jibrin Ibrahim is Senior Fellow, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Abuja. National Record has Prof Ibrahim’s permission to publish his column, Deepening Democracy, every Friday as from today. The column is originally published in Daily Trust, also every Friday.
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Zamu cigaba da bawa CITAD Gudunmawa daidai gwargwadon mu – Inji Sarki Rano

Zamu cigaba da bawa CITAD Gudunmawa daidai gwargwadon mu – Inji Sarki Rano

 

 

A cigaba da shirin da take na wayar da kan al’umma kan cin zarafin da ake wa Æ™ananan yara da mata, a yau 22 ga watan Satumba na wannan shekarar Cibiyar BunÆ™asa Fasahar Sadarwa da Cigaban Al’umma ta CITAD ta kaiwa mai martaba sarkin Rano Alh. Kabiru Muhd Inuwa ziyara a fadarsa.

 

Makasudin ziyarar dai itace kara karfafa gwuiwa tsakanin Cibiyar da kuma shuwagabannin al’umma ta gargajiya dan samun gudunmawa wajen ganin yaÆ™ar wannan baÆ™ar al’adar a tsakanin al’ummar.

 

Yayin da yake jawabi a gaban mai martaba sarki Mallam Haruna Adamu Hadejia (wanda ya wakilci Shugaban Cibiyar Mallam Y.z Ya’u) ya bayyana irin gudunmawar da masarautar rano take bawa cibiyar, sannan ya kara jaddada neman goyan baya kan ganin an yaÆ™i wannan baÆ™ar al’adar.

 

A nasa jawabin Maimartaba sarkin Rano Alh. Kabiru Muhd Inuwa, ya nuna jin daÉ—insa tare da nuna goyan baya kan wannan yunÆ™urin na CITAD. Ya Æ™ara da cewa “al’umma idan ta yunÆ™ura dan ganin kawo wani sauyi na abinda ke damunsu, to ya zama wajibi akansu iyayen Æ™asa su marawa yunÆ™urin baya”.

 

Yayin ziyarar dai Cibiyar ta gabatar da wasu daga cikin Wallafe-wallafen cibiyar ga masarautar.