Over 7000 youths in Kano state were yesterday trained on Google digital skills, in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, designed to empower youths to become self-reliant and employers of labour.

The youths were trained in six different centres simultaneously within Kano metropolis.

Speaking during the inauguration of the one-day training workshop, Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje underscored the importance for youths to be conversant, with information technology, so as to realize their full potentials in the modern world.

According to him, “present day life is driven by digital knowledge. The aim of the state government is to empower Kano youths, with ICT knowledge, as a way of making them become self-reliant and useful to the society.”

He further stated that, “part of the motive for organizing the empowerment programme is to get rid of poverty, upgrade Kano youths, so as to contend, with their contemporaries from other climes. We hope that this will accord them the knowledge, with which to shun anti-societal vices and engage themselves in meaning and productive ventures.”

He expressed optimism that on completion of the first and second phases of the exercise, a minimum of 7000 youths in the state would utilize the digital knowledge acquired to support the fight against climate change, improve agricultural sector, provision of quality health service and further proceed to secure the future of the state.

Ganduje added that selected participants were drawn from the 44 Local Government Areas without resort to the considering political party affiliation.

Earlier in his remark, Kano state Commissioner for Information, Youths and Culture, comrade Mohammed Garba disclosed that, the one day intensive programme was being held in six different locations across the state.

He disclosed that, the training programme is a joint capacity building venture between the state government and the office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on SDG’s, adding that upon completion, the state government will equip the participants with laptop computers and other necessary equipments they need to start-up their business.

In her address, Kano state Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Bar. Zubaida Damaka Abubakar said that Ganduje’s administration has trained and empowered youths in different skills acquisition areas like automobile, computer training among others, adding that in realization of the training exercise, the state government released N5.6 million as counterpart funding for the training programme.

The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on SDG’s, Adejoke Orelope Adefulire revealed that, over 125,000 Nigerian youths would be provided with ICT basic skills across the country.

The aide to president Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary attached to the office of the SSA, Alhaji Waziri Laminu, stated that, 7000 beneficiaries have been selected from Kano to benefit from the national scheme.

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Nice one from the northerners

Some people have their roads filled with mud but still beat their hairy chests on nairaland

They've even built a temple where they worship their yellow pawpaw god called Kanu

wetin almagiri wan learn?