The Senator who represents Ogun West senatorial district at the National Assembly, Olamilekan Adeola, made it possible for over 1,000 residents of his area to get trained in information and communications technology (ICT).
He restated his dedication to making projects that can improve the skills and development of the people of Ogun West.
Adeola, who is also the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, also emphasized that apart from making sure that there is physical and infrastructure development in the senatorial district through good and strong representation, he will keep working hard to promote training targeted at individual development of the people.
The lawmaker said this on Saturday during the presentation of certificates and laptops to over 1000 participants in the five-day ICT training, held at the ICT Centre of the Comprehensive High School, Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State
The training that was organized by the senator had selected journalists, doctors, nurses, members of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Education Secretaries, Zonal Education Officers, and staff of the Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Igbesa, taking part in the exercise.
Other participants included staff of the College of Agriculture, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, (Ayetoro Campus), staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, staff of School of Nursing, Ilaro and staff of Government Science College, Ayetoro.
Adeola, represented by the Senior Legislative Aide to the Deputy Senate President, Mrs Adebisi Olaotan, explained that “the ICT training is not only to boost the skills of the participants, but to also fine-tune and update their skills with the latest ICT Applications and technologies.
“The 5-day training is one of the projects being made to increase the knowledge and enhance individual development particularly as it relates to the use of ICT tools which is quite important in our daily activities
“Many teachers and students of secondary schools in the senatorial district had earlier been trained and given computer laptops, and with this latest ICT training more than 1,500 laptops have been distributed”
He added that 15,000 school bags, 20,000 Mathematics and English textbooks had also been distributed to all the primary and secondary schools in Ogun West.
While encouraging the new group of recipients of the ICT training to use the knowledge they gained to improve their service delivery and skills, Adeola promised that he would continue to give good representation at the Senate with the goal of making more life-changing projects for Ogun West.
