The Federal Government in collaboration with Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited has trained 100 Federal Civil Servants at the directorate level on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) under its ICT for Change Training programme and awarded prizes to outstanding participants.
While presenting prizes to 16 outstanding participants at the closing ceremony of the fourth phase of ICT for Change programme, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, CON thanked the Company for training more than 3,000 civil servants from different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on ICT since the commencement of the collaboration.
SGF, who was represented at the event by Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Dr. Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri said that the training will boost the capacity of civil servants in ICT to improve their service delivery in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu-led administration.
He appealed to Huawei Technologies that the partnership be sustained and extended to other key sectors of the economy. He also used the platform to call on other development partners to join hands with the Federal Government in its quest to improve the socio-economic lives and welfare of its citizens.
Speaking earlier, the Deputy Managing Director, Huawei Technologies, Stephen Zou said its organisation has trained 100 civil servants at the directorate level and has cumulatively trained more than 3,000 civil servants so far. He added that its organisation is not relenting its effort to train more civil servants in ICT as the milestone achieved is just the beginning of more to come.
In his vote of thanks, the Director of ICT, Mr. Francis Wasa thanked the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for giving Huawei Technologies the necessary support to train civil servants on ICT and also thanked the Company imparting civil servants with proficiency in ICT to boost their service delivery. He also congratulates the awardees for performing excellently at the just concluded training.
Speaking on behalf of the awardees, the Director ICT in the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Adebayo Adeyemi expressed gratitude to the Federal Government and Huawei Technologies for its collaborative efforts in building the capacity of Civil servants in ICT have helped to broaden their horizons on e-governance and other relevant subjects. He assured that the knowledge they acquired during the training would be harnessed in discharging their duties.
Segun Imohiosen
Director, Information & Public Relations, OSGF
10th October, 2024
