By Emmanuel Elebeke

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, presented a set of ICT equipment to Nigeria Computer Society, NCS, to enable the association deepen digital literacy in rural communities across the FCT.

Items presented include 60 monitors, 50 UPS, 35 CPU units, 30 printers and 15 laptops.

Presenting the equipment, Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Dambatta, said the gesture was in compliance with the commission’s belief in closing the existing digital gap in the country as a responsible regulator.

Dambatta, who was represented by the Director of Public Affairs in the commission, Mr. Tony Ojobo, said the NCC takes the issue of computer education very seriously, which is why it has on its programme, certain platforms through which it services different strata of the society, including primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.

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Responding, President of NCS, Rex Ibitogun, said the Computer School Initiative programme is NCS’s idea of partnering government in addressing the computer literacy deficiency in    Abuja metropolis, especially in the rural communities.

He said the move is targeted at helping    in preparing the young people for the digital challenge that abounds in the digital space.