Shell Nigeria Exploration and =
Production=20
Company (SNEPCo) has donated an Information and =
Communication=20
Technology (ICT) Centre to Delta State University =
(DELSU),=20
Abraka as part of its contribution to the development =
of=20
computer literacy at the secondary and tertiary levels =
of=20
education in the country.
Speaking at the official=20
commissioning/handing over of the centre, Managing =
Director of=20
SNEPCo, Mr. Chike Onyejekwe, said the gesture was in =
line with=20
the company's programme of creating ICT awareness =
among=20
students in the country.
He said, =93SNEPCo =
believes in the=20
youth of this country and we are committed to =
developing=20
information and communications technology necessary to =
compete=20
in today's business environment. To demonstrate this =
vision,=20
we have been constructing and donating ICT projects to =
secondary schools and universities throughout the =
country.=94=20
He disclosed that the project, =
which cost=20
about N60 million, =93consists of a fully furnished =
ICT block, a=20
27KVA power generator and water borehole; 50 units of =
desktop=20
computers and a server, two printers and a server; two =
education software, internet connectivity (via VSAT) =
with=20
three years subscription, as well as maintenance=20
agreement.=94
=93This initiative is particularly =
auspicious=20
today when ICT education is receiving utmost attention =
in the=20
recent Nigerian Oil Gas Industry Local Content Act. =
recently=20
signed into law by the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck=20
Jonathan.=94
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan said the =
education=20
sector and, indeed, the entire country would not make =
much=20
progress without fully embracing ICT.
He said the company's initiative =
=93will go a=20
long way in bridging the digital gap=94 and the =
acquisition and=20
adaptation of scientific research and knowledge, which =
is=20
important to our development objective.=94 =
Uduaghan, who was represented by the =
Vice-Chancellor,=20
Prof. Eric Arubayi, charged the students and staff of =
the=20
university to observe the strictest maintenance =
culture and=20
use the facilities at the ICT centre with a high sense =
of=20
responsibility so that the centre could be sustained. =
=93The centre is conceived and =
designed to=20
promote learning and research in the university and =
should=20
never be regarded by some students as an avenue to =
perpetuate=20
internet immorality and fraud.=94
On his part, =
Arubayi=20
expressed delight at the establishment of the centre, =
saying=20
that it would have a great impact in the lives of =
staff and=20
students of the institution.
He solicited for similar assistance =
from=20
other corporate bodies and individuals, saying that =
with=20
regular and part-time students, population now stands =
at about=20
45,000 and that the university was in dire need of =
such=20
assistance since government could not shoulder the=20
responsibilities in the education sector alone. =
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