AdminChairman of Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA), Engr Jude Chinedu Asogwa, is getting set to unveil an innovative tech-hub for the empowerment of not less than 200 youths from the LGA on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills.
Such vital skills will position the beneficiaries to take advantage of opportunities coming with the 4th industrial revolution mainly driven by the disruptive tendencies of AI in the world.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelSpeaking at an event to mark his hundred days in office, Hon. Asogwa disclosed that the tech hub is already over seventy percent completed, adding that it would help to a significant extent in youth empowerment, especially in the area of ICT.
Highlighting the potential of ICT the Nsukka LGA Mayor cited statistical data which said that ICT and AI will be generating over two to five trillion dollars globally, hence the need to tapt into it by giving the youth the necessary empowerment. “It is very important that our people have a bite of this huge amount of money,” Asogwa emphasised.
The tech savvy LGA boss is one of those council chairpersons sworn in by the state Governor Peter Mbah recently.
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