Kano, NCC, CECAD to sign digital innovation pact for Northern youths

The Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD) in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Kano State government and the Bayero University, Kano are on the verge of signing a digital innovation pact for youths of Northern Nigeria. This decision formed part of the discussions at this year’s Nigeria Digital Innovation Conference held at […]

The Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD) in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Kano State government and the Bayero University, Kano are on the verge of signing a digital innovation pact for youths of Northern Nigeria.
This decision formed part of the discussions at this year’s Nigeria Digital Innovation Conference held at the Bayero University, Kano last week, a statement by CECAD said yesterday.
The conference tagged ‘Building a new Nigeria in a digital economy’, which was well attended by youths from various states of the North west region, was organized to bridge what the organizer described as a widening digital poles between the Nothern and Southern axis of the country.
According to Bayero Agabi, the Executive Director of CECAD, the conference, which had in attendance the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, the Executive Vice Chairman  of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Vice Chancellor Bayero University Kano and other stakeholders from the public and private sector, was organized to see how Nigeria, its businesses and innovations are responding to the digital competitive world.