CITAD, IEE, MacArthur Foundation Train 100 Youths in Kano on COVID-19

The Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD has organised 10-day training for youths in Kano state on coronavirus diseases.

The training was supported by MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with International Institute of Education, IEE, the training tagged ‘ Youth Leadership Training on COVID-19 ‘ conducted online via Zoom Platform from the 17th – 28th July, 2020.

During first day of the training, Dr. (Pharmacist) Khalid Garba Muhammad of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Bayero University, Kano has delivered a topic ‘ Understanding COVID-19, key symptoms and asymptomatic infection, mode of transmission’.

Meanwhile Dr. Kabiru Danladi Lawanti of the Department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria focused on the meaning and types of social media and use the platforms for passing message.

Lawanti also taught the participants how to create groups on Social Media and how to moderate such groups, also focused on monitoring and getting feedback.

On his part Mukhtar Halilu Modibbo, Community Engagement Officer at Connected development (CODE) dwelled on Community Mobilization, Identifying and Implementing Community Mobilization Activities’ .

He said ” the objective was on how to mobilize, persuade and spread their messages in their respective communities”.

Maryam Ado Haruna who is the head of JobberMan Partnership Program at CITAD discussed with the participants how to write a good Curricullum Vitae /Resume and cover Letter.

The Executive Director of CITAD, Mallam Y.Z Yau conducted a session on proposal writing as well how the participants could pitch their proposals.

The participants of the program who were selected from different communities based on the criteria set up by CITAD, after receiving many applications from interested candidates.

The trained youths are expected to carry out awareness activities on Covid19 in their respective communities.

However, the program carefully selected participants who have visibility on social media; Twitter, Facebooks, Instagram among others.

Participants laud CITAD, IEE, MacArthur Foundation
The participants of the 10-day training have commended the organisers of the training.

Narrating their experiences after the training, one of the participants, Hussaini Yunusa said ” before this training I and my friends didn’t believe Covid19 is real but with the training I came to realized that indeed covid19 is real and it exists”.

He added that ” This made me to inform my friends about the Youth Leadership Training on Covid19 which is aim to train young people that will go back and sensitize their communities and what is being discussed at the training”.

Another participant, Amina Alhassan narrated that ” with knowledge I acquired from the training I was able to change the perception of some women on COVID-19 I met in tricycle according to one of the women narrating how government is using the disease to get money from foreign countries while the other woman was saying that she has never seen a picture of a person that is infected by the virus or knows someone that seen the picture.

According to them it is only government that is manufacturing the numbers in order to scare people and get money.

I seized the opportunity and used the knowledge I gets from the training and lectured the women on why the disease is real”.

Sadik Abdurrahman believed that if there were organizations like CITAD who are sensitizing public and enlightening them about the dangers of Covid19 and how real it was just like the way HIV and Hepatitis are being discussed, the disease will easily be controlled in the society.

Abdurrahman has already started designing fliers containing messages on how to prevent the spread of COVID-1919.

32nd of Twitter Chat on How Covid19 Pandemic Disrupted Academic Calendar with Dr. Tunde Akanni held on 28th July, 2020-07-30

Academic activities plus all other human activities across the globe have been badly affected ever since the arrival of the new normal; better referred to as Corona Virus Pandemic. While most of the developed and developing nations are coming up with strategies to live with the new normal, Nigeria would not want to be left out in this since education is a most for any country to development but the question is, does Nigeria have enough structures to support learning amidst the new normal? Digital divide and lack of adequate power supply in Nigeria require no explanation for anyone living in the country for clear picture is seen by everyone including those without eyes. This is and many more concerns keep ringing in the minds of the students and the teachers of all level of academic learning. This is the reason the Centre for Information technology and Development (CITAD) consider discussing the topic “How Covid19 Pandemic Disrupted Academic Calendar in Nigeria” with Dr. Akin tuned Akanni, a lecturer with Lagos state University in its series of Twitter Chat that invites stakeholders from across many discipline to deliberate on the chosen thyme to educate and suggest better solution in a bid to finding a last solution for our dear nation.

Below is the twitter conversation as extracted from the platform:

  1. Good afternoon everyone, Please join me in welcoming our today’s guest of our twitter chat, Dr. @AkintundeAkanni, a lecturer with Lagos state University who is going to discuss on How Covid19 Pandemic Disrupted Academic Calendar in Nig. Welcome sir
  2. Good day to everyone attentive to CITAD series on Covid-19 #CITADagainstCovid19
  3. So, sir what are the consequences of this disruption?
  4. Unpleasant experience. Most university students being youngsters initially resigned to fate and took it as another holiday that it’s not. At LASU, management directed that we should move all lectures online. As efficient academics, we complied but digital divide is real
  5. Sir, you just spoke about digital divide which includes accessibility, affordability & speed, as academics you are doing anything in closing the gap in Nigeria?
  6. Sure, as researchers, we are proactive. Example: I teach Online Journalism, I also serve on the board of the Premium Times Center for Investig. Journ., PTCIJ. So, many of us aren’t just engaged with classroom but also the tech advancing industry relevant to our knowledge area
  7. In other words, we use our clout and connection s to also broker trendy training windows for our students. PTCIJ has trained students across all regions of Nigeria, as I speak.
  8. @AkintundeAkanni Can e-learning be a success or applicable in Nigeria? What are challenges and the solutions to the challenges?
  9. E-learning happens already. We just need to improve on it and get the best out of it. Don’t forget that some of our elders in the past actually enrolled program Mrs of correspondence colleges, some even based overseas
  10. @AkintundeAkanni The Educational sector has suffered immeasurable setbacks perhaps some online classes are on but What then becomes of children in the rural areas who for the most part,have no access to technology?
  11. That’s why I said the reality of digital divide defeats any enthusiasm that anyone may have for the continuity of school session
  12. @AkintundeAkanni Are there any lessons that actors in the education sector can learn from the effects of this pandemic on schools?
  13. Yes. Invest in relevant technology and teaching aids. Invest in training and re-training of relevant personnel.
  14. @AkintundeAkanni How can the syllabus going to be covered within 2 weeks now that the exit classes are going to start their external exams knowing fully well that the exams cover almost all the syllabus in the curriculum?
  15. Impossible situation. That smacks of desperation in my estimation
  16. @AkintundeAkanni What stopgaps have been put in place by schools and the government to ensure continuity of education?
  17. Pity, our govts have never been futuristic. ASUU demands for functional facilities are still being ignored, otherwise doing online lectures may not have constituted any huge task. What’s the big deal in providing free WiFi on all campuses?
  18. So pls, Dr. @AkintundeAkanni. is there any strategy to cover up the months teaching and learning gap created as a result of the COVID=19 schls closed down?

 

 

Cibiyar CITAD ta Horas Da Matasa Guda 100 Akan Hanyoyin Kariya Daga Cutar Korona

A kokarinta na ganinta ta dakile yaduwar cutar korona a fadin kasar nan, cibiyar bunkasa fasahar sadarwa ta zamani da ci gaban al’umma CITAD tare da tallafin gidauniyar MacArthur da kuma hadin gwiwar cibiyar ilimi ta ƙasa da ƙasa wato International Institute of Education (IEE) sun horar da matasa guda 100 a jihar Kano, akan yadda za a dakile bazuwar cutar ta korona.

Taron horaswar wanda ya gudana a dandalin intanet na Zoom ya dauki tsahon kwanaki goma sha daya.

Jami’in yaɗa labarai na cibiyar CITAD, Malam Ali Sabo ya bayyana cewa an gudanar da taron da nufin wayar da kan matasa akan yadda za su dakile yaduwar korona tare da tallafawa al’umma wajen ganin an samu takaitar cutar ta korona.

Malam Ali Sabo ya ƙara da cewa taron horaswar zai baiwa matasa damar zama jakadu nagari a cikin al’umma musamman a lokacin da buƙatar hakan ta taso.

Taron horaswar dai ya mayar da hankali ne kacokam akan yadda za a chanza tunanin matasa akan mummunar fahimtar da su ke ita akan cutar korona a jihar Kano.

Dakta Khalid Garba Muhammad na sashen kimiyyar hada magunguna na jami’ar Bayero da ke Kano, ya gabatarwa da matasan wata ƙasida mai taken “Yadda ake gane cutar korona, alamominta da kuma yadda ake bazata tare da hanyoyin dakile ta.

Dakta Khalid Garba ya buƙaci matasan da su yi amfani da kwakwalwarsu wajen bin hanyoyin kariya domin takaita bazuwar cutar a cikin al’umma.

A nasa bangaren Malam Kabiru Danladi Lawanti, wanda malami ne a sashen koyar da aikin jarida na jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zaria, ya buƙaci waɗanda su ka samun horon da su ƙirƙi wani dandali a shafukan sada zumunta tare kuma da bibiyarsu.
Malam Kabiru Danladi su mayar da hankali sosai akan bibiyar kafafe sada zumunta domin ganin abin da ya ke wakana.

A nata bangaren Maryam Ado Haruna wacce ita ce shugabar sashen wayar da kan al’umma tare da binciko guraben aiyukan yi, ta yi tsokaci akan yadda matasan za su rubuta takardar neman aiki tare kuma da tsara jadawalin bayanin karatu wato CV da kuma yadda za a fuskanci ganawa a lokacin da aka je neman aiki.

Babban Daraktan cibiyar ta CITAD Malam Y. Z Ya’u, ya ƙarƙare taron makalar da jan hankalin matsan wajen tsarawa tare da rubuta cikakken jadawali akan wani bincike. Malam Y. Z Ya’u ya ce cibiyar ta CITAD a shirye ta ke wajen bayar da tallafi domin gudanar da wannan bincike.

Hussaini Yunusa daya ne daga cikin wadanda su ka samu horon, ya bayyana cewa kafin ya samu wannan horon shi da abokansa ba su yadda akwai cutar korona ba, amma a yau ya tabbatar da cewa cutar ta korona gaskiya ce.

Ita ma Amina Sani wacce daya ce daga wadanda su ka amfana da horaswar, ta bayyana cewa a baya ba ta yadda da sanya takunkumi baki ba ko kuma bayar da tazara a lokacin taro, amma yanzu ta ga amfani sanya takunkumin baki tare kuma da bayar da tazara a lokacin haduwar jama’.

CITAD Trains 100 Youths on Leadership

By Abdulyassar Abdulhamid 

In its efforts to help in curtailing the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in collaboration with MacArthur Foundation and the International Institute of Education (IEE) has trained 100 youths in Kano State. 

The training, tagged: ‘Youth Leadership Training on COVID-19’ was conducted online via zoom platform from July 17 to 28, this year.

 

A report by the Information Officer, CITAD, Malam Ali Sabo, yesterday said that the objectives of the training included enhancing the understanding of the participants of COVID-19 and how it can be curtailed.

 

Others are providing tools with which the participants would support community efforts in their domain to prevent spread of the virus, to enable youth to provide leadership in situation of emergency and to encourage them carry out sensitization efforts in their community using social media.

 

The trained youths are expected to carry out awareness activities on COVID-19 in their respective communities.

 

Resource persons of the training included Dr. (Pharmacist) Khalid Garba Muhammad of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Bayero University, Kano; Kabiru Danladi Lawanti of the Department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Mukhtar Halilu Modibbo, Community Engagement Officer at Connected Development (CODE).

 

Others are Maryam Ado Haruna who is the head of JobberMan Partnership Program at CITAD and the Executive Director of CITAD, Malam Y.Z Ya’u.

CITAD Trains 100 Youth on COVID-19 Protocols

In its efforts to help in curtailing the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Nigeria, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from the MacArthur Foundation in partnership with the International Institute of Education (IEE) trained 100 Youth in Kano state.

The Training which was tagged Youth Leadership Training on Covi19 was conducted online via the Zoom Platform from the 17th of July to the 28th of July 2020.

In a statement by communications officer, CITAD, Ali Sabo said the training was done to enhance the understanding of the participants on COVID-19 and how it can be curtailed and to provide tools with which participants will support community efforts to prevent the spread of the virus

Ali Sabo added that the training has also enabled the youth to provide leadership in the situation of emergency in their respective communities.

. During the training, the emphasis was made on the area of behavior change which will help in changing the negative perspective many people have on the virus.

During the first session Dr. Khalid Garba Muhammad of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Bayero University, Kano took the participants on the following Topic,  Understanding COVID-19, Key Symptoms, and Asymptomatic Infection, Mode of Transmission and Severity and Interventions to stop COVID-19 spread.

He also tasked them to take safety measures in order to limit transmission and concluded with Psychological and Mental Health Impact and Strategies to Manage the Virus.

On his part, a communications lecturer, Malam Kabiru Danladi Lawanti urged participants to create groups on Social Media and taught them ways to moderate such groups.

Malam. Lawanti also tasked them to focus more on social media monitoring and feedback.

On her part, Maryam Ado Haruna who is the head of the Jobberman Partnership Program at CITAD discussed with the participants on ways to write a good CV/Resume, Cover Letter, how to attend an interview, and what to avoid in writing CV/Resume.

Malam Y.Z Ya’u, the Executive Director of CITAD conducted a session on proposal writing as well how the participants could write good proposals since CITAD had informed them that those who pitch very good proposals would be given micro-grant.

Narrating their experiences after the training, one of the participants, Hussaini Yunusa said before the training he and his friends didn’t believe Covid19 is real but has now realized the existence of the disease.

On her part Amina Sani, another participant opined that she actually didn’t believe in wearing face marks either observing social distancing and she didn’t see any importance of doing that, but when she attended the training her perception has totally changed and now wears face mask wherever she goes and avoiding crowded environments.