Gov Yahaya Signs Law Establishing Gombe Information Technology Commission

Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has signed into instrumentality the Gombe State Information Technology and Digital Economy Commission (GITDEC).

Governor Yahaya described the improvement arsenic a strategical effect to the evolving planetary integer scenery and a bold measurement toward positioning Gombe State arsenic 1 of Nigeria’s starring tech-driven economies.

“This Commission volition service arsenic the motor country for innovation, integer inclusion, and economical empowerment crossed our state,” the politician stated.

The Gombe State Information Technology and Digital Economy Commission is designed to thrust argumentation formulation and implementation successful the areas of ICT development, integer literacy, e-governance, and innovation.

It volition besides beforehand skills improvement crossed each demographics, enactment tech startups and innovation hubs, pull concern into the integer sector, and guarantee cybersecurity and information extortion crossed authorities platforms.

The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, officially handed implicit a transcript of the recently assented instrumentality to the Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Abdullahi Bappah Garkuwa, for further action.

In his remarks, Professor Garkuwa hailed the constitution of the committee arsenic a large milestone successful Gombe State’s march toward integer advancement.

According to a connection by the governor’s manager wide connected property affairs Isma’ila Uba Misilli yesterday, Professor Garkuwa noted that the caller assemblage volition span the spread betwixt accepted governance and modern technological solutions, thereby creating caller opportunities for youth, women and entrepreneurs.

“This is astir unlocking the afloat imaginable of our radical and system done smart, inclusive innovation,” Professor Garkuwa remarked.

The connection added that the signing of the GITDEC instrumentality follows a bid of caller collaborations betwixt the Gombe State Government and nationalist arsenic good arsenic planetary exertion organizations, including the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Uniccon Group, aimed astatine boosting integer infrastructure and capableness gathering crossed the state.