A member of the Osun State House of Assembly representing Obokun Constituency, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged youths to take advantage of opportunities available in Information and Computer Technology.
Olatubosun said this at the maiden lecture of the Federation of Ijesa Students’ Union in Ilesa on Saturday.
The lawmaker, who described the youths of today as a generation of computer age, noted that any youth who was not computer literate was deficient and could not be relevant in the 21st century.
He said, “Information Communication Technology platforms such as social media tools not only connect people, it also facilitates engagement of the citizenry to contribute to governance in a unique way, the youths should be at the forefront in government engagement and demand for accountability.
“Comprehensive training should be encouraged for the citizens as well as public servants to learn new tools for communication, official dispatch, computation, report generation, strategic planning and networking to save cost and promote service delivery.
“For any nation however to maximize digital possibility, its government and private sector must ensure the growth of bandwidth and reduction in the tariffs on the cost of digital hardware. This will encourage widespread access by a larger number of the population.”
Oyintiloye noted that the economic possibilities in the ICT sector were enormous with the manufacturing of hundreds of gadgets and development of software and hardware applications.
He stated that aside job opportunities, youths could take advantage of rapid development in the industry, explore opportunities it offered in sales and services opportunities of new products.
He stressed that knowledge of digital tools would also enhance personal and national security either from cyber bullying, or online predators who lurked at every corner, promote home safety and tracking of crime and criminality.
The parliamentarian urged youths to channel their energy and talents towards making use of gamut of information on the internet and improve their skills, employability, be more innovative and resourceful rather than waste their precious time on the negative side of technology.
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