The first-ever
Nigerian Information Technology (IT) Youth Ambassador and now the Executive
Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), Mr. Gbenga Sesan has enjoined the
youth in the country to embrace the Internet in order to ensure a sustainable
economic development and livelihood, ITRealms
reports.
Speaking
on Digital Jobs while addressing an audience, mostly youths, at the Nigeria DigitalSENSE
2015 Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) recently in
Lagos, Mr. Sesan encouraged the youths to explore the world of the internet,
adding that the young ones must have the passion for that thing which they love
and be able to make extra personal sacrifices in other to excel in their endeavours.
ITRealms
reports that the IT Ambassador began by pretending to ask a very difficult
question which scared the uniformed students whom the question was intended.
However,
three students were bold to come out but ironically, Sesan said he had no
question, instead, he pronounced a donation of three Etisalat Cliqlite
e-learning devices to the three students whose names were given as: Koleola
Anuoluwapo, Igweonu Chiamaka from Murtala Mohammed Airport School, and Sotayo-Aro
Kimilokan from Mafoluku Senior Grammar School, Oshodi.
The
Lead Strategist and Group Executive Editor of DigitalSENSE, Mr. Remmy Nweke
also donated a copy each of his book “A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria”
which was presented to the students by the Ambassador, Gbenga Sesan.
PIN
Executive Director, explained that what transpired in the hall was exactly what
the Internet does to people; “People are scared of the internet but those who
are bold enough to embrace it reap the benefit thereof,” he said
He
said there is no time for procrastination, that the hour to start is now, therefore
urged them to visit www.code.org to learn one skill or the other to earn extra
income
Sesan,
said as undergraduates one can start exploring the net and learn one thing or
the other that would give them an edge over their mates and companies would be
begging to be in their employ rather than them carrying files looking for jobs,
reports ITRealms.
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Sotayo-Aro Kimilokan is not from Mafoluku senior grammar school. Please correct this. Thank you
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