Three ICT girls representing
different schools in Nigeria recently won the Federal Government's N1 million
Application Innovation Awards in Abuja for their technological know-how,
reports ITRealms.
The three students, ITRealms ascertained, came tops in a keenly contested challenge
involving over 89 other entries for developing website and software
applications on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Child Adoption and Health.
The names of the victorious students
are Omotayo Ogunnaike of Lagoon Secondary School Lagos, who developed the
original website and apps to help the country solve some of its humanitarian
problems in the areas of IDPs, child adoption and health, .Zainab Aliyu Gebi of
International Community Secondary School Abuja, Praise Sanni Adeniyi of
International School University of Lagos, learnt ITRealms.
The successful girls were rewarded
with cash prizes of N500, 000, N300,000 and N200,000 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
positions respectively by the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology.
Presenting the awards, the Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, said the winners were rewarded as part of activities for Federal Government to commemorate the Girls in ICT Day celebration in Nigeria.
"This effort is good because if
they don't overcome that fear of technology, they can never venture into
science and ICTs. Also for being able to fight cultural and social bars they
can now pursue careers in ICT”.
Cyriacus Nnaji/ GEE
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