Report of Two-Day Conference on COVID19 Vaccination Interventions at State Levels
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from MacArthur Foundation organized a two-day conference on 16th and 17th February in Abuja. The conference which took place at K-Class Hotel Abuja was attended by Commissioners of Health from Sokoto, Taraba, Bauchi, Adamawa and Katsina states, Executive Secretaries of Primary Health Care Development Agencies […]
Communiqué Issued at the end of a Two Days Training Workshop for COVID-19 Vaccine Champions in Kano state
Preamble The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from MacArthur Foundation organized a two-day training workshop for eighteen COVID-19 Vaccine Champions selected from Plateau, Bauchi, Borno, Kogi, Kaduna and Kano states. The training was held on 13 th and 14 th of December, 2021 in Kano state. The training was organized to […]
Text of Press Conference on the Need for People to Take COVID Vaccine Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) 8 th December, 2021
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the press, we want to thank you most sincerely for coming to cover this briefing. At the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) we implement the Public Education on COVID Vaccine project. The project which is supported by MacArthur Foundation is aimed to educating and enlightening the public […]
Text of a Press Conference on the State of COVID-19 Vaccine Exercise in Bauchi, Borno, Plateau, Kogi, Kaduna and Kano states
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) Bauchi Office Thursday 3 rd February, 2022 Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the press, on behalf of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) I would like to thank you honoring our invitation and coming to cover this press conference. We are indeed grateful to you […]
COVID-19: Centre Lauds Govt’s Engagement of 2,000 Marshals
By Sani Ibrahim Paki The Centre for Information and Technology and Development (CITAD) has commended the Kano State government for its initiative in engaging 2,000 marshals to enforce compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the state. The coordinator of the centre, Ali Sabo, who stated this on Monday during a press conference in Kano, however, lamented […]
CITAD Cautions Kano on COVID-19 Protocols for Schools
The Centre for Information Technology and Development have issued an advisory on safety protocols In Kano Secondary schools, this was revealed in a statement signed by Ali Sabo, Campaign and Communication Officer at the CITAD. The statement read in part we are all aware that Covid-19 has become a threat to our lives, economy, social, […]
CITAD Decries Government’s Failure To Provide Facemasks, Hand Sanitizers In Kano Schools
By Abbas Yushau Yusuf The centre for information technology and development CITAD has decried poor financing for schools in Kano to provide sanitizers and facemasks for students across the schools for observance of covid -19 protocols. The senior communication officer CITAD Ali Sabo stated this while addressing journalists at the centre in Kano According to […]
Kano Govt. Kicks as CSO Calls for Schools Closure
A Civil Society Organisation, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has urged Kano State government to close schools for some months due to surging daily coronavirus infections. According to the CSO, the Kano state government has not put enough measures in place to stop the spread of the virus in schools after reopening last month. Speaking […]
CITAD Decries Poor Compliance of Covid19 Protocols in Kano Secondary Schools
By Yakubu Salisu, Kano Centre for Information Technology (CITAD) has decried what it describe poor compliance of Covid 19 protocols in Kano State Secondary Schools thereby exposing students, teachers and other staffs to the risk of contacting the deadly virus. The Kano Based Non Governmental Organization made this known on Monday during a press conference […]
Compliance With Covid-19 Safety Protocols in Kano State Secondary Schools by CITAD,
On Monday 1st Feb, 2020 Good morning gentlemen of the press, I will like on behalf of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) welcome you to this press conference on Covid-9 Safety Protocols Compliance in Secondary schools in Kano State. As we are all aware that Covid-19 has become a threat to our […]
COVID-19: CITAD Issues Safety Advisory For Kano Secondary Schools
The Centre for Information Technology and Development have issued an advisory on safety protocols In Kano Secondary schools, this was revealed in a statement signed by Ali Sabo, Campaign and Communication Officer at the CITAD. The statement read in part we are all aware that Covid-19 has become a threat to our lives, economy, social, […]
CITAD Sub-Grantees Produced Locally Made Hand Sanitizers and Face Masks
In the month of April, 2020 the Centre for information Technology and Development (CITAD) got a grant from International Institute of Education and MacArthur Foundation to help in addressing the issue of COVID-19 in Kano State by creating awareness on how the virus was spreading among the people in the State, engaging of young people […]
How CITAD is Fighting Covid-19 in Kano State
In late April, precisely on 25th of April, 2020, Kano State recorded its index case of the disease. Prior to the reportage of the index case in the state, the state government had taken off with measures to prevent the spread of the virus, as it is believed that Kano, as one of the country’s […]
How CITAD Is Fighting Covid-19 In Kano State
By Ali Sabo “Coronaviruses are zoonotic, which are normally transmitted between animals and people. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans. It was first reported to WHO on the 31st of December, 2019 in Wuhan, China.†(NCDC) On 27 February, Nigeria confirmed […]
How CITAD Is Fighting Covid-19 In Kano State
By Ali Sabo “Coronaviruses are zoonotic, which are normally transmitted between animals and people. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans. It was first reported to WHO on the 31st of December, 2019 in Wuhan, China.†(NCDC) On 27 February, […]