Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has launched a ‘Digital Nigeria Centre’ at the Father O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger State.
This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Rueben Mouka on Wednesday.
One of the alumni of the college, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, according to the statement, facilitated the project executed by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) at the weekend.
The minister, represented at the event by the Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Mr. Muoka, advised the school to effectively utilize the DNC whose four components include ICT Tool component (made up of 40 desktop computers with embedded operating systems, server, printer, remote-controlled projector, high resolution scanner, and e-learning software) as well as the power structure, consisting of an inverter that comes with its charger, solar panels, batteries and automatic changeover.
The DNC, formerly known as School Knowledge Centre (SKC), has an overarching objective to carry out the Commission’s statutory mandate of expanding the frontiers of universal access and universal service by ensuring service provision to unserved and under-served areas of the Nigerian economy.
Since the modification of the project from SKC to DNC, the Minna project became the second to be commissioned after the first DNC located at Ijesa Muslim Grammar School, Ilesa, Osun State, was inaugurated in January, 2022.
