While presenting the prizes to the awardees in Abuja, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha expressed appreciation to Huawei Technologies for impacting technological skills on the Civil Servants thereby improving their proficiency in Information and Communication Technology and by extension improves their performance in the discharge of their work schedules.

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Three schools in each of the 17 local government areas in Enugu state will get a share of 1800 chairs and 1800 desks.

Others are 1000 school bags containing New Wave English and Mathematics textbooks, five exercise books, mathematics sets and cash donations to hire more teachers.

Onyeama disclosed that the donation was done through his pet project ‘Kwusike Foundation’ in collaboration with a Chinese company, Huawel Technologles Company Limited.

According to the minister, President Muhammadu Buhari’s youth empowerment programmes inspired him to embark on the exercise.

He said that it had become necessary to support Nigerians, especially, those in the rural areas due to the bad shape of the economy.

Onyeama commended the management of the company for their partnership in the success of the exercise.

 “Times are tough but we will continue to support you in order to make it easier for you to learn. We want you to make your parents happy,” he said.

The minister said that the Federal Government would continue to provide the enabling environment for school children to learn under safe and secure environment.

“We need to prioritise the empowerment of our school children and keep them safe,” he said.

Onyeama said that Kwusike Foundation had permanent programmes for schools and widows in the country

Earlier , the Deputy Managing Director, Huawel Technologles Company Nigeria Ltd.,  Mr Kelvin Yang, said that the company had been operating in Nigeria for 21 years.

Yang said that their dream was to support Nigeria to bridge the digital gap in the society.

“This is why we work tirelessly to partner with all stakeholders to provide technology innovation, knowedge transfer, and carry out our corporate social responsibility.

“We are committed to cultivating local talents and believe that if we can secure
quality education for our youths, a bright future is secure for Nigeria,” he said.

He said that the company had partnered with universities, colleges and schools across Nigeria to help them improve their study environment and enhance knowedge transfer and technical skills.

“We are highly inspired by Onyeama, who has continued to encourage us to expand our scope in our support for education in Nigeria,” he said.

Yang said that the company had trained no fewer than 17, 000 Nigerian students and 20, 000 engineers.

“In the next three years, we look forward to training 30, 000 more,” Yang said.

Ikengaonline reports that the five schools that participated and received donations during the Flagg-off included Central School, Eke and Community Primary School, Oma Eke.

Others are Akwanda Primary School, Ogui Agu Eke, St. Paul’s Nursery/Primary School and St. Paul’s Secondary School, Eke.

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Over 150,000 students participated in the global competition.

Team Nigeria comprising of some Nigerian students from the University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Port Harcourt.

The students were honored for their achievement at an online awards ceremony hosted from the Huawei Headquarters in China.

The closing award ceremony event held on the 14th of November, 2020 at the Huawei Nigeria (Abuja) office was attended by the representative of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), Mr Nasir Sa’idu Adhama, Special Assistant on Youth & Students Affairs, the representative of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, Dr Abimbola Alale, the Managing Director/CEO, NIGCOMSAT, the representative of the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Mr Chris Maiyaki, Deputy Executive Secretary of the NUC, some university Vice-Chancellors and representatives, Huawei management staff, the award-winning students, instructors, parents, and the media.

This excellent performance is an outstanding improvement from last year in which Team Nigeria had emerged third position in the same global competition. This shows the level of improvement Nigeria has made in its knowledge of ICT in just one year.

Speaking on behalf the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), the Special Assistant on Youth & Students Affairs, Mr. Nasir Sa’idu Adhama said,  “I congratulate the Nigerian students for coming this far in this Global ICT Competition. I also thank Huawei for supporting our Nigerian students and hope Huawei will continue to partner with the country in developing our ICT capabilities.”

Representing the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, the Managing Director/CEO, NIGCOMSAT, Dr. Abimbola Alale expressed gratitude to Huawei for the opportunity given to the Nigerian students to showcase their expertise at the global level and congratulated the students for making Nigeria proud.

“I commend Huawei for organizing this ICT competition as part of your Corporate Social Responsibility efforts. We look forward to more collaboration between Huawei and the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy” She said on behalf of the Honourable Minister.

Mr. Chris Maiyaki, Deputy Executive Secretary of the NUC, speaking on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed said “the National University Commission will like to rejoice with Huawei and the triumphant Nigerian students on this occasion – the Huawei Global ICT competition – which is now highly regarded as the annual knowledge festival. The NUC is honoured to be associated with this success story. This proves that with the right environment and ecosystem, Nigeria can take on global counterparts on any intellectual platform.”

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The China’s leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices donated video conference system and remote units to the  State House, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

After installing the video conferencing facilities at the State House and OSGF, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held a teleconference session with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 from his office. This is another important move, enabled by digital tools.

The PTF COVID-19 described it as “a good example of private sector’s efforts to join the government in the fight against coronovirus.”

President Muhammadu Buhari holds teleconference with members of the Presidential Task Force on #COVID19 from his office, at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday April 15, 2020. The PTF COVID-19 appreciates @Huawei for its donation of video conferencing equipment. pic.twitter.com/wYmvINPO0w

— OfficialOSGFNG (@OfficialOSGFNG) April 16, 2020

The teleconference session was held on Huawei’s video conferencing facilities which were installed by Galaxy Backbone Limited, the information technology and shared services provider of the Federal Government, in the State House, OSGF and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of communication, collaboration and data sharing between the government arms during the lockdown especially at this critical period where physical contact has to be avoided as part of the measures to stop the spread of the virus.

These facilities allow the President and Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 stay connected by conducting real-time and interactive communication while maintaining social distancing.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the press briefing, said the President was given “a well-rounded update on the National Response”.

He added that “the interaction was robust and rich in guidance.”

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