Youth Corps member donates 20 laptops to Abuja school
*Says he wants to eradicate poverty through tech
By Cross Udo
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Richardson Ojeka, has donated 20 pieces of laptops to Government Secondary School, Alungu Lungu, Gwarinpa in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
The donation, which was made in partnership with Africado Foundation and the International Labour Organisation, ILO, is part of his Community Development Service, CDS.
Speaking at the occasion, the corps member said his vision was to empower the students with everything they need to succeed in the technological world.
Besides, he said that he wants to create a future billionaire through technology and end poverty by empowering the young ones with the necessary technological skills.
According to him, “If you change a man, the man can change the world. This project is called Students Innovation Hub and the Students Innovation Hub has the vision to empower teenagers and students with everything that they need in the tech world.
“To be a billionaire in technology, you need a phone or a laptop and data. Anybody can be a billionaire in technology, anybody can escape poverty using technology.
“So the most sustainable way to end poverty is by empowering young people with the relevant technical skills needed.
“In the next three months, every student that will participate in this programme must move from a rookie to a tech expert.
“Imagine every student in Nigeria creating a website. Facebook was developed by a white guy and is not impossible for an African to develop Facebook, an African can develop WhatsApp, but an African can develop Twitter, the entire technological product we are using today is created by the white, are we cursed? No. Just that we don’t have the right programme.
“In three months, we are going to have 30 students graduate from the tech hub and all of them will be people building and developing websites.”
He commended the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio for his assistance.
Also speaking, the representative of the Country Director of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, Segun Tekun, said, “I want to say that we are part of this because Africa’s transition to the digital economy of course Nigeria is a big partner to that transition.
