The Job Placement and Information Service (JOPIS) unit of the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) conducts a one day workshop for final year students of Agricultural Education, Federal College Education (FCE) Kano, on Enterpreneurship and Employment opportunities and Job Interview Techniques. The capacity building is meant to introduce them into the concept of idea generation, enterpreneurship support, opportunities, job vacancies, job interview techniques, CV development etc

It is a common practice that after graduating from universities, polytechnics, colleges of educations and other tertiary institutions, students wait for governments and organizations to provide jobs to them, and that is not helping the economy. Youths need professional coaching on how they can become entrepreneurs through making use of unlimited talents and opportunities around them, if that is encouraged, the burden on government will be drastically reduced.

Moreover, there are thousands of initiatives by foundations, institutions, individuals and governments aimed at providing startup support to people with sound entrepreneurial ideas, but our youth either don’t know or know very little about these supports. The processes of securing the financial support sometimes looks complicated to them as well.

Another problem with our unemployed youth occurs on their first or second (because sometimes CV precedes interview) encounter with their employers, that is during the interview. Most of them have no idea about the right approach of attending job interviews and emerging successful. It goes beyond knowing the answers to questions asked but more importantly is mastering the whole tricks.

Noticing these and some other vital problems are what gave courage to Job Placement and Information Service of the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) to come up with the idea of organizing entrepreneurship and employment opportunities workshop in order to equip the youths with knowledge of becoming self reliant through entrepreneurship as well as passing job interviews.

Presentations on idea generation, sources of getting entrepreneurial support, employment opportunities, CV development and interview techniques were made by three facilitators, and the participants have expressed their eagerness of coming up with various entrepreneurial ideas.

An assessment conducted during the workshop shows that government initiatives are filled up with irregularities and corruption, and that is another reason why some youths feel reluctant to subscribe to them. JOPIS will continuously be conducting workshop in these areas in order to ensure a productive society.

YZ Ya’u is the Executive Director,  Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) which is implementing project aimed at using technology to fight the cattle rustling phenomenon in the northern Nigeria. In this interview with ADAM ALQALI, he speaks on how CITAD hopes to use technology to help tackle the challenge and the lackadaisical attitude of governments.

The Centre for Information Technology and Development is implementing a project against the cattle rustling phenomenon in Nigeria. Let’s know more about it?
The cattle rustling project is an off-shoot of the peace project CITAD is carrying out in northern Nigeria with the support of Mac Arthur Foundation. And  its objective is to mobilize all stakeholders when there is conflict to seek its resolution, particularly, to get stakeholders understand that peace building is a collective responsibility so they don’t wait for third parties to come and help them resolve it.

So, in the process, we realized cattle rustling is a major conflict in northern Nigeria, particularly in the North West and North Central zones of Nigeria. We realized that except for few newspaper publications which are not in-depth, there has not been much attention to it in the media. Within government circles, there are no efforts at developing strategies to deal with the problem. We realized that it was a big problem which if not carefully addressed, will end up being much bigger than Boko Haram, in terms of its area of operation.

We therefore thought we should make contribution by firstly raising awareness about the issue and secondly documenting the incidences since as far as we know there is no systematic attempt at documenting the incidences, yet. We only hear 100 cattle have been taken away but there haven’t been a real documentation. Thirdly, we want to build a platform for alerting the security agencies and other stakeholders such that whenever cattle are rustled they will be able to receive alert on which they can act to track them.

Finally, we hope to put in place a network of volunteers across the different areas where cattle rustling are taking place so that whenever there is a report, even if the security agencies didn’t act immediately, the volunteers will be able to provide support in terms of rescuing and recovering the cattle. But since it is about building a platform on which people can send messages either text messages or e-mails, that means we also need to train people particularly the herders on how to report if cattle are stolen.
You described the cattle rustling phenomenon as potentially more grievous than the Boko Haram insurgency.

How grievous is the cattle rustling challenge, potentially?
You need to understand the dynamics of cattle rustling, you can identify three categories. First, is the conflict between farmers and cattle herders which doesn’t have to do anything with cattle rustling but because over the years the government has been negligent about monitoring the  grazing lands and ponds. People  have taken over grazing  lands, established farms on them thereby blocking the herders from accessing them. For instance, in Zamfara State, the grazing lands in many of the local government areas have been encroached by 60%.

So, when the herders are blocked from the grazing lands they allow their cattle to graze on the farm lands, the farmers in turn attack the cows by killing and slaughtering them which is generating conflicts all over the place and where such conflicts meet other parameters like in Plateau and Southern Kaduna where the herders are seen as Muslims and the farmers Christians, then you have a potentially very explosive situation which can feed into other dynamics and create other problems in the country.

The second dimension is the intra-Fulani conflict which is also related to the first. A lot of Fulanis have lost a significant number of cattle and for the herders, the cattle are their life; it is their means of livelihood. So, for many of them, this is a traumatic experience for which they need to restock in order to survive. Some Fulanis can’t afford living without the cattle so they engage in cattle rustling to be able to restock, by stealing from fellow Fulanis. This is a less explosive dimension but it still results in conflicts, killings and so on.
There is also the third dimension is the criminal economy around cattle rustling which is even more dangerous. This is about people who are into cattle rustling for economic purposes. The first is about revenge, the second about restocking but this one is about stealing cows and selling them off in the market. Now, this is a huge criminal economy around cattle rustling.

About 40% of beef being sold in the country comes from cattle imported from Cameroon, Niger and Chad. And given the situation of insurgency which has obstructed trade in those zones, meaning cattle import through those axes is no longer taking place. Ordinarily, you will expect a shortage of beef in Nigeria but since there is no such shortage that means it is because of the ongoing illegal cattle rustling. The danger of the criminal rustling is that they have established basis for instance in Kamakuru and Falgore forests where the security agents are afraid to go.

Now, this is how Sambisa started as an enclave of the insurgents and the security agents felt they couldn’t go into the forest and so the insurgents gradually became stronger and controlled it. Right now, you have such hot spots in various forests and if you don’t act, they will become several Sambisas established in different parts of the country, which means if it has taken us five years to dislodge the criminal elements in Sambisa and you will now have to multiply that Sambisa by so many times, only God can save us.

Like you explained, there are so many dimensions to the ongoing cattle rustling activity in northern Nigeria. How complex is the phenomenon?
Cattle rustling are not about 10 or 15 cattle, rather it is about hundreds of cattle yet people steal hundreds of cattle, move them around for days and they don’t get apprehended which means there is a problem with our security system. Secondly, if they can take them to our markets here in Nigeria and sell them off it means there is not only a problem with our intelligence gathering system but also a form of collaboration with the dealers because the major cattle dealers in the markets ought to know if the cows are stolen.

For me, it illustrates that there is a wave of collaborations at various levels of cattle rustling and there is an obvious inability of the police and other security outfits to deal with the problem because firstly they are insufficiently equipped to be able to handle the challenge. Second, there is a form of collaboration between criminal elements and security agents and thirdly there is out right corruption. One thing that illustrates that is, for instance, when Governor El-Rufai joined the patrol team and one the first day they were able to recover hundreds of cattle and so the police knew how to do the job but couldn’t do it for months which means there are a lot of things that are not being interrogated.

If Nigeria must end cattle rustling, what must stakeholders including the government, security agencies and non-governmental organisations including groups like Miyetti Allah do, collectively?
Well, I think you first of all need to start with the government, the Nigerian government including the state governments do not sufficiently understand the problem of cattle rustling and so what they do is reduce it to a simple crime and leave it for the police to handle. And the police’s style of crime management is to wait until the crime is committed and someone reports before they act. Therefore, by the time cattle have been rustled there is nothing they can do.

Government has to understand that cattle rustling are about conflict over access to resources including water, grazing land and so on. And so you have to address the issue around these resources whether it is about creating grazing lands or creating effective surveillance system of monitoring the issue. The government has not shown the political will to confront the issue because a lot of the people who have encroached on grazing lands are people in high places.

Therefore, until the government confronts this matter head on then we will keep having these conflicts. When government is able to situate the problem within this conflict’s dynamics then you can talk about the role of other stakeholders. For instance, what civil society organizations should be doing, obviously, is get involved in sensitizing people about conflict resolution and security consciousness, the same thing with the community leaders.
Even the herders should be more security conscious, leverage on technology in terms of tracking their cattle. But I also think the government has to find a way of bringing the various stakeholders to the table to discuss the conflict and find resolutions to it. One of the reasons  government’s effort is not effective is that, in most cases, it is dealing with groups which are claiming to be representing the Fulanis but who are actually not true representatives of the herders in their engagements with them.

The Fulanis themselves are suspicious of these groups; in fact they see them as collaborators with the criminals. We have had instances where such groups were implicated in cattle rustling by the herders themselves. So you need to bring on board genuine representatives of herders rather than platforms that are historically and nationally known to be representing herders.

Finally, how effective do you think technology could be in tackling the cattle rustling challenge in Nigeria?
I think technology is just a tool and so its effectiveness depends on the users, what we are trying to do is not something new; globally there are various monitoring platforms for different issues whether it is cattle rustling, election or even hate- speech. It is just a question of getting the information at the right time and sending it to the right person, now whether those persons or institutions are able to act on it will determine the effectiveness of technology but potentially, technology will deliver solutions in terms of availability of information, in terms of its timeliness and accuracy.

The platform we are building is a geospatial meaning once reports come in it gives you the coordinate of the place where the incident happened as well as the terrain. So, as a security agent you will have an idea of the type of vehicles to use, you will also have understanding of the various road networks and foot paths, therefore if cattle are stole at a certain pint you can predict the direction of its movement. So, it gives a very convenient way of managing the problem but how effective it will be is dependent on the people that are supposed to act and that is why we have designed a parallel network, so if we provide information to security agencies, we will also provide the same information to local volunteers who can then activate local contingencies within their communities to try to recover and rescue the cattle that are stolen.

Source: http://www.blueprint.ng/2015/12/14/cattle-rustling-could-be-more-dangerous-than-boko-haram-yau/

By Bashir Mohammed
Kano

Executive Director, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Zakari Yau Zakari, has said that no sustainable development could ever be feasible without entrenching peace at the lower rung of the ladder
He also identified the issue of social justice and blatant discrimination, as part of the factors, which must be addressed for the prime objective to be achieved.
Speaking at a one-day evaluation meeting on peace organised by CITAD in Kano yesterday, Zakari stated that the notion of social justice must be predicated on the premise of equality before the law, adding that the issue of addressing violent conflict could only be realistic with the citizenry being equal in the eyes of law.

According to him, the spectre of hate speech  and propaganda stunt on social media and other means of communication had taken a heavy toll on the quest to find a lasting solution to intractable conflicts stressing that CITAD was up and doing in creating the much needed awareness for everyone to comprehend.
He said CITAD had also undertaken a pain staking research on myriad cases of human right abuses stemming from the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency affirming that the result, so far, recorded was impressive given the level of response received from those appalled by the alleged wanton violations of their right.

On the problems and challenges CITAD was facing at present Yau said  CITAD was not able to reach out to the legislature at the federal level and the top military brass who were major stakeholders in ending the ongoing insurgency on the issue of advocacy and collaborative synergy
He, however, lamented that there was low awareness and poor understanding of the inner workings of the social media which serves as a veritable launch-pad in disseminating the basic information needed to engender peace saying many people were afraid to indulge in social media communication to appreciably forge ahead.

Link http://www.blueprint.ng/2015/12/24/development-without-peace-is-illusory-citad-boss/

From Mustapha Adamu, Kano

Executive Director, Centre For Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Zakari Ya’u Zakari has said that Nigeria cannot achieve sustainable development if peace is not prevailed in the polity, saying that the issue of social justice and blatant discrimination must be addressed for the prime objective to be achieved.

Speaking at a one- day evaluation meeting on peace organized by CITAD in Kano yesterday, Ya’u stated that the notion of social justice must be predicated on the premise of equality before the law, adding that the issue of addressing violent conflict could only be realistic with the citizenry being equal in the eyes of law.

According to him the spectre of hate speech and negative propaganda stunt on social media and other means of communication had taken a heavy toll on the quest to find a lasting solution to intractable conflicts, stressing that CITAD was up and doing in creating the much needed awareness for everyone to comprehend.

He said his organistaion had also undertaken a pain staking research on myriad cases of human right abuses stemming from the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, affirming that the result so far recorded was impressive given the level of response received from those appalled by the alleged wanton violations of their right.

He added that CITAD was not able to reach out to the legislature at the federal level and the top military officers who were major stakeholders in ending the ongoing insurgency on the issue of advocacy and collaborative synergy, saying” This is the challenge we are currently facing.”

He maintained that many people were afraid to indulge in social media communication which serves as an effective means of disseminating information needed to engender peace, lamenting that there was low awareness and poor understanding of the medium to appreciably forge ahead.

On the issue of cattle rustling, Ya’u further revealed that CITAD had established the Cattle Rustling Information System to provide an on line documentation on the incidences of the problem in the country which had now become a major problem.

He opined that the organisation had also established network of volunteers against cattle rustling that was aimed at providing the much needed framework to fight the menace, stressing that the entrenchment of peace was a collective responsibility of everyone and that the task must not be left in the hands of the government to tackle.

Link http://www.peoplesdailyng.com/nigeria-cant-achieve-development-without-peace-citad/

The state of education in the northeast is in comatose, the executive director, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Mr. Yunusa Yau has said.
Briefing Daily Trust yesterday during the presentation of the survey report on the state of education in the Northeast in Abuja, he said the research conducted revealed that the educational development generally in the Northeast is presently less than other parts of the country.
“We know that there are problems, so we want to bring all the stakeholders, legislative, executive, civil societies and community representatives to discuss this problems so as to come up with collective agreement on how we can work together to reshape the state of education in the Northeast,” he said.
House of Representatives committee member on basic education, House of Representatives, Muhammad Usman lamented that the structure of education in the Northeast has collapsed completely.
He pointed out that out of the 10.5 million children out of school in Nigeria, 8.7million are from the North, adding that the Northeast states have the highest number.
He said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) law that stipulates that 26 percent of the national budget must be allocated to education is not implemented in the Northeast as 12 percent is the highest been allocated.
Link http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/education-in-northeast-comatose-citad/124760.html#xiHr2mm7jdSijZMu.99

A non-governmental organization, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has expressed its willingness to partner with the Bauchi State Board of Internal Revenue to improve the state’s internally-generated revenue (IGR).  The state coordinator of  CITAD, Mallam Isa Garba, stated this during an advocacy visit to the Bauchi State Board of Internal Revenue.
Mal. Garba said CITAD has arrived to support the board and advise it on ways that can help improve the state’s IGR for effective development.
He suggested that the board should conduct survey on the fees charged for vehicle particulars in neighboring states, specifically Jigawa and Kano, to ascertain any variation in the charges and take possible measures to motivate the citizens to renew their particulars in the state.
The CITAD coordinator also urged the board to create a data base for all vehicles registered under the board for keeping track of the times that vehicle particulars are due for renewal and be sending reminders to the owners via messages and emails.
Garba pointed out that there is the need to intensify media campaigns to enlighten the public on the economic, social and security benefits of the exercise.
He said that the board should also look for ways of reaching out to vehicle owners and liaise with transport unions for cooperation.
The acting Chairman of the board, Alhaji Yakubu Isa, commended the efforts of CITAD for the proposal of partnership.
“This comes at the right time. We will be glad to welcome a proposal from you that will guide and complement our efforts in generating revenue for the economic development of the state.
“I expect you to come up with observations and suggestions that will effectively contribute and made impact on the revenue generation drive in the state so the citizens can benefit from its economy,” he said.

Link http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/citad-bauchi-state-partner-to-improve-igr/119002.html

Introduction:

On the 16th of December, 2015 CITAD hosted key stakeholders for the National presentation of the research reports on the state of education in the Northeast. The National presentation which held at the Newton park hotel, Abuja, had Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, Vice Chairman Presidential Committee on the Northeast Initiative as Chairman of the event, also in attendance were  education commissioners, Perm. Secs, Directors, Members of Federal and State Assemblies, SUBEB Chairmen and Directors, P.T.A Chairmen, Development partners, Professionals from Universities and other educational institutions, media, researchers, cluster members and other CSOs. The main objective of the National presentation was for the stakeholders to look at the reports and generate a possible change agenda for the restoration of the education sector in the region. The individual reports have been validated at the state level before the National presentation.

Major problems

Below are the major problems with the education in the Northeast as highlighted at the event

* Even though Northeast is facing serious challenges of insurgency, education sector suffers the most as schools have been destroyed which forced children to be out of schools

*  There is lack of political will from the policy makers

* There is low enrollment and high drop out

* Education is poorly funded 

* Some state governments do not make commitment to access UBEC funds because of the counter-part funding 

* There is  a significant number of unqualified teachers 

* There is lack of teachers motivation especially those posted to rural areas 

Major recommendations 

*  We all have  a big responsibility of putting hands together to develop a strategy for rebuilding the educational sector 

* Solutions to North East really have to come from the North East

* The need to allocate the UNESCO recommended 26% of the state budget to education 

* Stakeholders need to put more efforts to ensure judicious utilization of education funds 

* Lawmakers need to come with education supporting legislations

* The need to declare state of emergency on education in the Northeast 

* Stakeholders especially the CSOs need to do more in the area of public awareness on the need to send children to school and control drop out 

* The need to strengthen guidance and counselling centres in sechools 

* The need to strengthen teachers college 

* State governments need to partner with local governments to access UBEC funds  

Some commitments

* State Education Commissioners/Perm. Secs commended CITAD effort and expressed readiness to partner with the project, and implement some reserach recommendations were possible    

* USAID/SACE Chief of Party expressed commitments to continue supporting CITAD to continue making constructive engagement 

* CITAD and cluster members expressed readiness to continue the engagement at state, zonal and national level

* Some officials from the states education ministries promised to provided additional date for the researchers to improve on the quality of the report. 

 

Background

The reconstruction of North east requires a multifaceted approach taking into consideration the various sectors. One of the sectors that require immediate attention is education. Schools have been destroyed as a result of which many children are out of school. Teachers have been killed while populations have suffered dislocations that have disrupted the educational pursuits of their children and young people. Insecurity has made parents to be reluctant to allow their children to return schools that appear to not be secured. All these have combined to make education in the region to be in a perilous state. Given that the region was already lagging behind and in fact this was one of the causative factors for the wide recruitment base of the insurgents, the challenges of restoration of the education sector in the North east are enormous.

Kick starting these restoration efforts will be most effective when there is clear understanding of the state of the sector as it exists now. This is why the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from USAID commissioned a Baseline Research on the State of the Education in the Northeast. The objective of the research was to document the current state of education in the region through the gathering and analysis of empirical data that will facilitate a better understanding of both the development challenges of the region as well as the core issues of social accountability that are implicated in the poor state of education in the region.

The research covered the all the six states of the region and examined the situation in the last five years to the present, focusing on primary and secondary sub-sectors.  The draft reports are now ready.  To engage stakeholders over the reports, CITAD has conducted presentation of the individual reports in the respective states between 23rd and 27th November, 2015, where all major stakeholders including representatives from state education ministry, committee house of education from the state assembly, SUBEB, P.T.A., NUT, NLC, CSOs, etc. were in attendance. The major objective of the state level presentation was to allow the stakeholders validate the findings and provide more inputs that can help the researchers improve the quality of the report ahead of the grand zonal presentation of the reports of the all six states scheduled to hold on the 16th of December, 2015 in Abuja.

Some of the common recommendations found in all the states include: 

 

* The need for state governments to increase budget allocation to education sector to meet the recommended 26%

 

* The need to recruit qualified teachers, and provide incentive for rural posting 

 

* The need for CSOs to improve public awareness to increase enrollment level

 

* The need for CSOs and general public to do more in the area of budget tracking and project monitoring  

 

Outcomes

 

* Some of the CSOs that participated have indicated interest in becoming cluster members to contribute to the success of the project

 

* The MD Globe FM in Bauchi has invited CITAD to have one hour radio discussion on the project free of charge, and promised to partner with CITAD in the area of public awareness for the success of the project

 

Commitment 

 

* Chairman House Committee on Education of the Yobe state house of Assembly promised said the report came at a right time and they will not waste time in implementing the recommendations. 

 

*Most of the stakeholders, especially from the side of the policymakers received the report as a wakeup call to act more seriously

As part of it’s effort to promote peace the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD). Has established Peace club in kano state secondary,amongthe schools GGSS HAUSAWA Peace Club invited CITAD to their programme the programme held at GGSS HAUSAWA on the 4/12/2015. the programme which was the innovation of the peace club. Among the innovation the students Sang a peace song and also organized Drama Title Peace and Unity in Nigeria. As part of our success story the Principal Hajiya Sadiya Muhammad attended the programme and she made a comment by saying the Club have been performing excellently in the school because the club members have been promoting Peace Campaign massively in the school within the students. Lastly she call the attention of the students to join peace club and she finally thank CITAD for their innovation she prayer for the Organization.

The natural effect of entrepreneurship is to bring peace. That is why the Public Lecture to celebrate this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2015 organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) was themed ‘Entrepreneurship for Peace ‘. The theme was clearly demonstrated at the beginning of the lecture by the students of our peace clubs that raised flip cards bearing the theme. The lecture took place on Thursday 19th November, 2015 at Rumfa Collage, Kano and it was part of the activities organized by the Centre to celebrate the week.
Earlier, a radio program was conducted on the popular Freedom Radio Program Barka Da Hantsi to sensitize the general public about entrepreneurship in Kano State. Because the whole idea of entrepreneurship is to be self reliant and to even employ others as you cannot work alone. That brought the effort of CITAD to engage in promoting entrepreneurship issues in the state and the country in order to reduce unemployment rate at all level especially among the youth.
The lecture was attended by about 300 participants from the secondary schools, tertiary institutions and the general public. Alh. Abdullahi Nashe, Managing Director Mediwat Institute of Information Technology chaired the occasion. In his remark, he stated that Initiatives, determination, patience, and capital are the most significant components parts of establishing successful entrepreneurship. He also emphasized that entrepreneurship must start from somewhere and usually it starts small and metamorphoses into something big, most of the big names in business today have to pass through this pattern. He cited example with Mediwat Institute of Information Technology starting at humble point, the pressure and obstacle it surmount, and its ability to attain remarkable success in the area of ICT. While recommending the organizers effort, Alhaji Abdullahi Nashe said he has been a friend to CITAD for a long time and has offered assistance needed from him and pledged to continue on the same path. He urged the participants of the event especially the entrepreneurs to put into practice what they have learnt from this lecture.
Malam Kamilu Isa Ahmad of CITAD, the Program Assistant Entrepreneurship and who is coordinating the activities of peace clubs in secondary schools briefed the participants about the activities of peace clubs. He said that as at now, CITAD has established 17 peace clubs in secondary schools in Kano. The objectives of this clubs is to raise the awareness of students about the importance of peace in the society, exposing the students to various peace building tools and to serve as leadership training platform for the students.
Three presentations were made at the lecture. The first presentation was made by Hajiya Maimuna Abubakar, Managing Director Glamour Fashion Design. Hajiya Maimuna said as an entrepreneur, you have to know what people want before you start a business. I realized that during my free time that’s why since I was a secondary school student I always picked up a pen and paper and create designs. She then motivated the students to be innovative and seek the support of their elders. With these we can go far. She said.
The second presentation was made by Sufyan Lawan Kabo, Executive Director Digital Film Base. He made his presentation on Entrepreneurship Opportunities in ICT. Sufyan emphasized that ICT is a principal driver for economic change worldwide. ICT entrepreneurship is very important because it is widespread and always makes a difference in any business. The third presentation was made by Fatima Ibrahim on Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Women. She mentioned that Entrepreneurship starts from an idea and said that every big business starts from small. She gave examples of some businesses that students can start at secondary school age like soap making, beads making, and makeup artists that need low capitals. Abukakar Yusuf Auyo who benefited from Tony Elumelu Foundation Grand made the last presentation. He shared his experience on how he benefited from the grand of the foundation. He lastly urged the participants to be innovative so that they can try their luck.
Malam Ahmad Abdullahi Yakasai who represented the Executive Director Center of Information Technology (CITAD) made the vote of thanks. He thanked the almighty Allah for enabling us to witness this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week Lecture. He thanked the representative of His Excellency Deputy Governor of Kano State and who is the Honorable Commissioner Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kano State. He thanked the Chairman of the occasion for chairing the sitting, he then thanked the special guests of honors for honoring our invitations despite their tight schedules in their offices. He also thanked the representatives of the media houses and the general public.