The Centre for Information and Technology Development, CITAD, said improving the girlchild education and the use of ICT can go a long way in bringing development in the local communities. The Sponsorship Officer,CITAD, Mubarak Ekute, made this known during a mentoring session at kwali Area Council Tungan Ashere,Tunga Nasara and Leleyi gwari community with the…
Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) and Actionaid Nigeria have organised a mentorship training for key stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory ((FCT) as part of efforts in ensuring that the Girl-Child have access to quality education. CITAD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is committed to the use of information and communication…
Cross section of some participants during the mentoring session at Tunga-Ashere on Thursday in Abuja. In line with the Sustainable Development Goal agenda of leaving no one behind, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) during the week, took it’s mentoring programme on “The role of ICT in Improving Access to Girl Child Education…
The Executive Director of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Y.Z. Ya’u, on Saturday in Kano, advocated for a policy thrust that will ensure the provision of needed gadgets that will enable students with disabilities to acquire needed digital knowledge in tertiary institutions across the country. Y.Z. Ya’u made the call while…
Emotions were high at the Centre for Research and Democratic Studies (Mambayya House, in Kano, dedicated to a foremost political sage and leader of the masses, Malam Aminu Kano, when the educated blind, deaf and dumb, the cripple and the deformed, narrated the ugly experience they passed through, while struggling to acquire education in the…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), on Saturday in Kano, called on the Federal Government to formulate a policy that can guarantee the rights of students with disabilities gain unhindered access to digital education. Speaking during the presentation of a research paper entitled “State of Digital Disability Inclusion Compliance for Learning and Research…
Centre for Information Technology (CITAD), has announced winners for its 7th round of essay writing competition with the support of MacArthur Foundation. The Report a Project, which is one of the two categories of the essay writing is a competition that invites applications from students in tertiary institutions to write on abandoned or poorly executed…
The Centre for Information Technology Development (CITAD), organized capacity building to over 200 youths and women in Dakwa and Tungashiri communities respectively in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory on digital entrepreneurship. Programme Assistant Gender and Internet Advocacy CITAD Ms. Salma Abdulwaheed said the essence of the programme is to build potential…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) says it tracked a total of 387 Hate speech on Facebook and Twitter handles in Nigeria in November. This was disclosed by Hamza Ibrahim, CITAD Coordinator, Countering Hate Speech Project, at a Post-Gubernatorial Election Press briefing organised by the Centre and supported by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has commenced an intensive two-week training for staff of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Director of the centre, Mallam Yunusa Zakari Yau, yesterday in Abuja, said the essence of the training was to enhance the ICT skills of AMAC…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) trains the staff of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), to develop on ICT for a more conducive work environment. Speaking, the Executive Director CITAD, Mr. Yunusa Ya’u, said the programme was aimed at impacting beneficiaries with the knowledge of utilising ICT to run successful business enterprises. He further said that…
The former commissioner Jigawa State Ministry of Women Affairs, Hajiya Fatima Widi Jalo has commended the Centre for Information and Technology Development for organising series of inspirational leadership lectures for teeming youths in the state. Hajiya Jalo made the commendation yesterday while delivering her speech during the event held at CITAD head office Dutse the…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development said the proposed bill on the regulation of social media will be a major threat to democracy when passed into law. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Executive Director CITAD YZ Ya’u and obtained by DAILY POST in Dutse. He said the law will…
Bauchi State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning is to partner with the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) to ensure compliance in execution of projects. Commissioner for Budget, Dr. Aminu Hassan Gamawa, who stated this when he hosted officials of CITAD said the synergy between the two bodies would boost citizens’ participation in…
The Bauchi state Ministry of Education has introduced a software that will monitor attendance of teachers in its 214 Secondary Schools. The Commissioner for Education Dr. Aliyu Usman Tilde, who disclosed this when he received members Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), said that education system has suffered neglect in the past, which has…
