…AS GOVERNMENT DONATES 14 LAPTOPS TO PROGRAM OFFICERS.
The Dr. Joe Akabuike-led Anambra State Health
Ministry has today, July 23, 2015, flagged off ICT
Compliance training exercise for her program
officers at the Ministry of Health complex, Awka.
The
program, which featured presentation of brand new
Hewlet and Packard brand laptop computers to the
program officers donated by the state government,
was termed the first of a series of such program
intended by the state government for all the
ministries in the state, by the Health Commissioner,
Dr. Joe Akabuike.
In his speech during the event, Dr Akabuike posited
that, given that the world is now a global village
courtesy of the internet and also given that most of
what we do on a day to day basis is computer-based,
it becomes imperative that a ministry like theirs must
ensure that its program officers have full training in
the use of computers and internet facilities.
Continuing, he said, 'This is important, particularly in
the developing world where we have a lot of data
collection and processing…It is because we still lag
behind in computer literacy that most of the data you
see in most researches we do, we quote the western
world…But these data we are quoting have a lot of
cultural, social and developmental differences from
what is obtainable in developing countries. Also,
most of the data we use are institution-based given
that most of our facilities are not well-equipped for
data-accessing. That is why I felt that it is something
very important that should be done and we wrote a
memo to His Excellency, which he quickly
acknowledged and has approved the supply of laptop
computers to our program officers. Those of us who
are computer literate know that the only effective way
one can learn how to use the computer is by having
one. If you teach somebody how to use the computer
and the person does not have one, he will quickly
forget what he learnt. That is why the government
provided the computers so that those who are part of
the training exercise will have no excuse whatsoever
for not becoming proficient in computer
manipulation.'
Dr Joe Akabuike also revealed that his ministry is
setting the pace in the government's project of
getting all the workers in Anambra State computer
literate. He expressed his gratitude to the state
governor, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano for his unflinching
support to his ministry, especially for the recent
gesture. The health commissioner enjoined the
beneficiaries of the laptops and training to appreciate
the fact that the training is not just for the ministry's
benefit but theirs too and make the most of the
golden opportunity.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Dr Aneme
Afam Cyril, the Program Manager in charge of HIV/
AIDS control unit of the ministry of health expressed
his elation at the development saying that it has taken
care of a major challenge which the lack of
computers and the know-how had kept posing for
them on a daily basis. He thanked the state
government for her kind gesture.
Also present at the occasion where several health
directors led by the Director of Primary Healthcare,
Dr Emmanuel Okafor.
ANAMBRA HEALTH COMMISSIONER, Dr Joe
Akabuike, presenting a laptop computer to Dr
Aneme Cyril, one of the beneficiaries
No comments:
Post a Comment