‘Rivers ICT Project Will Produce Entrepreneurs’

Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has said that the creation of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) department will raise entrepreneurs in the state.

Amaechi made this statement while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2012 ICT Forum in Port Harcourt last week.

The governor who spoke through his SA on ICT, Engr Goodliffe Nmekini, said the state government is looking at producing employers of labour through the ICT department soonest.

According to him, government has to properly train people on use of ICT tools to enable them know the latest design in the industry.

He also disclosed that the ICT farm will be built in different locations in the state so as to enable both the urban and rural dwellers to benefit form it.

The Rivers State chief executive, further charged the students to prepare hard, saying that they would soon be involved in series of local and international competitions.

Also speaking, Hon. Ogezi Boms, said ICT has come to stay due to the level of performance by the students.

Boms, who described Amaechi as father of ICT, commended the performance of the ICT crew led by Nmekini.

He called on students to make judicious use of the ICT opportunity, adding that their future is in their hands.

The managing director of Equipment Hall, Babolahan Olayomi, who expressed satisfaction over the robust growth of the Rivers State ICT department, pointed out that there is great value in its partnership with them (ICT).

Olayomi also described the beneficiaries of this year’s ICT Forum as fortunate, saying that they stand a better chance than their peers who are yet to gain from the ICT training.

It would be recalled that the 2012 ICT Forum was rounded off on Thursday, August 30, 2012, with eight students smiling home with eight laptops following the excellent performance during training, while five others also went home with five laptops due to their outstanding performance in live skill events.