The High Tech Centre (HTC) for Nigerian Women and Youths, a
non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency
(NITDA) will be hosting Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
stakeholders in the country at special forum across Nigeria.
A statement from President and Chief Executive
Officer of High Tech Centre, Dr. (Mrs.) Wunmi Hassan says the ICT Stakeholders
forum is for all ICT enthusiasts including those in the entertainment industry,
academia, the public and private sector of the country.
The ONE DAY STAKEHOLDERS FORUM is a national discourse on how
to empower and build the capacity of women and youths through ICT in a
knowledge-driven economy and targets the effective and full implementation of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
For national coverage, the forum will hold on a regional basis
with Port Harcourt hosting participants from the Southern Region on Tuesday 19,
2016 at Amadi-Ama Council of Chiefs Complex, Plot 82, Trans Amadi Industrial
layout while Lagos State will host those from the South West on Thursday 21 at
the Nigerian Internet Registration Association, NIRA, Office, Alaka, Surulere.
The City of Kaduna will host those from the Northern Region
on Monday 25th July at VIP Hall, Ministry of Youths, Sports and Culture,
Murtala Muhammed Square, Independent Way and in Abuja on Wednesday 27th July at
Nugget Hotel, off ABC Park Utako. All the events will commence at 9 a.m.
prompt.
To take part in any of the stakeholders’
forum which is free, participants are to register by filling a form online at
www.hightechwomen.org.ng or sms your names and locations to 08060812766 or
08034241874.
HTC has been championing the course of women and youths in
the country, and the stakeholders’ forum is critical because of the need for
more Nigerian women and youths to become competitive and meet global challenges
using ICT. The forum is also viewed as very vital for all ICT stakeholders to
attend since it will further help to achieve HTC’s No 5 objective of networking
with other national, regional and international organisations.
HTC currently has representatives in almost all states of the
federation who are trained to use ICT tools and are serving as State
Coordinators on its behalf. The states are: Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos in
the South West; Rivers and Cross-river States in the South -South and Niger
State and Abuja-FCT in the North Central Zones of Nigeria.
Others are Sokoto, kebbi, kano, Kaduna, Edo, Abia, Enugu,
Anambra, Imo and Plateau States.
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