YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INCLUSION Big Picture
approach to Human Resource Development as a major
contemporary issue in IT applications
Gbenga Sesan Nigerias Information Technology
Youth Ambassador www.gbengasesan.com
me_at_gbengasesan.com 7th Nigeria Computer Society
International Conference International Conference
Centre, Abuja, NIGERIA. June 20, 2003
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INTRODUCTION

• The New Economy is driven by ICTs
• Africas sleeping giant is awake but we need
  greater networking among Government, Private
  Sector, Academia and Civil Society to translate
  statements and action plans to action
• Discussing Human Resource Development with a
  focus on the youth is an important issue within
  the global Information Society space and
  Nigeria belongs here

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Equipping the Next Generation

• Young people are extending, animating and
  redefining the perimeters of IT applications
• Empowering and involving young people in
  research and industry processes will complete the
  big picture of HRD in IT application
• There is a present wave of IT thirstsweeping
  across Nigerian higher institutions, for example
• Equipping the youth is the proof of the Nigerian
  IT industrys commitment to the future

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To ACT or not to ACT

• Events, communiqués, action plans need to be
  converted to actionable steps and implemented
• Most institutions presently have IT-related
  clubs (JETS, Computer Clubs, Electronic Clubs,
  Departmental Associations) BUT we need a Nigerian
  Information Society Youth Network
• NISYN will redirect the energy of Nigerian
  youths for national development IF a credible
  platform and environment is facilitated

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CONCLUSION
I see a new Nigeria emerging, one that will be
built on the labours of ours heroes past, hewn
out of the debris of the present waste, and
engineered by the strength of tomorrows leaders
the youth. These young men and women will adopt
IT for the purpose of personal development,
nation building, regional cooperation and global
participation. They may be unknown today, but in
the secrecy of their abode, they master the tools
that will change their lives and that of the
nation. Theyre building the nations tomorrow
today.
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INCLUSION Big Picture
approach to Human Resource Development as a major
contemporary issue in IT applications
THANK YOU
Gbenga Sesan Nigerias Information Technology
Youth Ambassador www.gbengasesan.com
me_at_gbengasesan.com 7th Nigeria Computer Society
International Conference International Conference
Centre, Abuja, NIGERIA. June 20, 2003