ICT adaptation by girls critical, says Johnson

DigitalSENSE Business News:

Federal Minister in charge of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has declared that adaptation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the girls is critical to national development and equality, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.

She made this declaration at the launch of Digital ICT Girls Clubs for the empowerment of Nigerian girls held at the Federal Government Girls College, Bwari.

DigitalSENSE Business News also gathered Mrs Johnson noted that getting more girls into ICTs is a task her ministry is committed to, stressing that CommTech ministry want to ensure that Nigerian girls are encouraged and empowered to embrace ICTs.

“It is critical to get girls to adopt ICTs so that they are not left behind in the digital revolution changing communities and nations across the globe,” she asserted.

Mrs Johnson equally said that Digital ICT Girls Clubs would empower Nigerian girls and spur development of an army of ICT compliant girls that will contribute to the economic growth and empowerment of Nigeria in the future.

Emphasising that the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a bid to empower women and girls in Nigeria created a gender empowerment scheme titled Girls and Women in Nigeria (G-WIN) with the sole aim of positively impacting and improving the lot of women and girls in Nigeria.

According to her, to enable this empowerment process, five Ministries- Ministry of Communication Technology, Agriculture, Works, Health and Water Resources signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Finance to empower women and girls through specific interventions and services geared at improving the lives of women and girls in Nigeria.

“The Ministry of Communication Technology, a key partner in the G-WIN project is empowering women and girls through specific technology initiatives it has identified and developed to empower and enable Nigerian women and girls actualize their potentials,” she said.

DigitalSENSE Business News reports that the Digital Girls ICT Clubs would be launched in I2 federal government girls schools across the six geopolitical zones, in the country to empower Nigerian girls and encourage them to embrace careers in ICTs.

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Pix: Omobola Johnson, CommTech Minister