Nigeria: Internet Group Begins Search for I4J Beneficiaries - AllAfrica.com

The Federal Republic Of Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) have announced the petition to be a donee or patron in its Internet for Jobs (I4J) initiative, expected to hike employment in the state and make self-reliant jobs.

President of NIG, Engr. Lanre Ajayi made this revelation at the end of a session with commission chairmen of the group, which met in Lagos recently. He said that every noteworthy scheme have been set in topographic point to guarantee that those to be selected as donees ran into the laid down requirements.

Engr. Ajayi who is also the head executive director director of PiNet Informatics, said that NIG have been reviewing procedures since the launch of the enterprise on July 12, last twelvemonth by the executive frailty president of the Nigerian Communications Committee (NCC), Engr. Ernest Ndukwe and the manager full general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Professor Cleopas Angaye at a colourful ceremonial which also held in Lagos on how best to guarantee transparence and best patterns in the exercise.

He pointed out that interested Nigerians, especially the people and approaching entrepreneurs, are encouraged to take part in the enterprise by simply submitting their undertaking inside information word word form through www.i4j.nig.org.ng.

His words: "Simply fill up a form on I4J website and submit your project, then the relevant commission would measure and acquire back to the owners," adding that "I4J is a inspiration of NIG designed to critically analyze and detect the potentialities built-in in the Internet to bring forth occupations for the public and transform the state eventually, especially the people into a cognition society."

According to him, "currently, NIG have been able to pull some boosters for the I4J initiative, which include Zenith Depository Financial Institution Plc, representing the private sector, NITDA and NCC both representing the authorities of Federal Republic Of Nigeria in a multi-sectoral partnership formed soon after the enterprise was launched."

As a manner of committedness towards actualising the missionary post and vision of I4J initiative, Engr. Ajayi said, NIG vision for I4J, is to utilize the platform to transform Federal Republic Of Nigeria into an Information Society where concern and authorities services are available online and the citizens positively engaged in knowledge-driven economical activities.

"I4J is intended to turn to some challenges facing the nation, especially in the countries of high charge per unit of unemployment in the state and better upon the current low acceptance of Information Technology in Nigerian concerns and authorities sectors," he said. Engr. Ajayi emphasised that the enterprise is intended to fold the broadening digital watershed between Federal Republic Of Nigeria and the developed human race by manner of piquant some Nigerians in the fighting against Internet scam.

In addition, he said, I4J scheme is to hike the current low accomplishment and expertness in the state of Information Technology and the inability of good IT concern dreamings to see the visible light of the twenty-four hours by attracting start-up support locally, while expressing optimism that chances abound in the country that could heighten the speed of changing the state into an Information Society, mostly if properly harnessed.

"We must not lose sight that Nigerians are highly intelligent and can easily be trained to follow new technologies. Nigerians are also enterprising and if appropriately motivated can make extremely well in concern including online businesses," he added.

The beneficiaries, he said, would be supported by grants to be managed independently and provided by the patrons of an I4J enterprise undertaking of choice.

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He explained that the grant shall not be given in hard cash to the donee but used to pay for services supported by the I4J initiative. These services include web portal development, preparation - Information Technology and Entrepreneurship and marketing.

He underscored the demand for the grant, saying that it would enable donees to put up online services which are in demand or may be in demand by their mark communities or market.

The amount of the grant to be given to each donee shall be determined by the patron that chooses the beneficiary's project, he informed. He, therefore, appealed to individuals, corporate organisations, governments- local, state and federal as well as their agencies, to take portion in the enterprise either as a possible receiver or promoter, adding that admittance of donees would be based on some criteria.