… Commissions 250 Capacity Ultra-Modern ICT Centre
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni has commended Governor Biodun Oyebanji for his efforts at repositioning the State for equitable and aggressive development across all sectors.
Oni, hailed the Governor’s human capital development policy, with particular reference to the Government’s huge investment in digital education and infrastructure.
Governor Oni spoke during the official commissioning of a 250 capacity ICT Centre at the College of Nursing Sciences, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado- Ekiti on Wednesday, stressing the importance of information technology to educational development and overall development of the State.
The former Governor also lauded the Smart school , Ekiti Knowledge Zone and Digital Hub initiatives of the Oyebanji administration, which he said is preparing the citizens for the global stage.
While congratulating the students of the institution who are the direct beneficiaries of the project, the former Governor urged the management of the institution to also create an opportunity for former students who have passed through the college to update their skills and be digitally compliant to contribute their quota to the development of the nursing profession.
“Your Excellency, you are doing the right thing and this State will develop further under your watch. I want to say that you will do more and more commissioning and you will bring more improvement to the State in your time and your era will be a real good era for health services and human capital Developement in Ekiti State.
“The ICT Centre that we have come to commission has now become the real deal, because without digital literacy your literacy is not full. In the days when i was growing up, literacy was the ability to write and read but now the ability has extended to digital literacy, so the use of computers in most examinations is now compulsory . Even in secondary schools, examinations are now CBT based. Engr. Oni stated.
Earlier in his remarks, Governor Oyebanji thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, attributing the development strides being witness across the state to the President’s far-reaching economic reforms that have provided a stable foundation for states to embark on meaningful infrastructure and human capital development
Explaining that the newly inaugurated ultra-modern 250-capacity ICT centre was part of his administration’s commitment to improving education and healthcare training through technology, the Governor explained that the facility would not only enhance digital learning among students but would also bridge the gap between classroom instruction and modern medical practice.
Governor Oyebanji disclosed that as part of activities marking his third anniversary, more than 10 roads across the state had been commissioned, alongside six general hospitals and several electrifications projects to light up communities that had hitherto been in darkness for upward of ten or more years.
While assuring the people of more aggressive infrastructure development across the state, Governor Oyebanji reiterated his administration’s determination to sustain the momentum of progress through strategic investment in roads, healthcare, education and technology.
“The only thing I just need to say is to express my sincere appreciation on behalf of the Government and good people of Ekiti State to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who made all these possible. If you don’t have a President who’s futuristic, a President who is prepared to rule, a President who is prepared to confront the norms, a courageous man of conviction, it would have been impossible for us to achieve what we are achieving at state government level.
” I sat down there and I was counting the number of projects we have commissioned in this third anniversary, I couldn’t believe it, I know we have done ten roads across the state, we have done like six General Hospitals fully renovated and equipped, we’ve done more than 30 electrification projects connecting communities that have not had electricity in 10-15 years to the national grid and we still have hundreds of projects across the health sector, we have also commissioned six farm dormitories that we named after the President”, the Governor stated.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health and Human Service, Dr Oyebanji Filani, who expressed his profound appreciation to Governor Oyebanji for his commitment to transforming the health sector in the state, noted that the Governor’s strategic interventions, ranging from rehabilitation of general hospitals, recruitment of health workers and provision of modern equipment, have significantly improved access to quality healthcare across the state.
Dr Filani further revealed that maternal and child mortalities in Ekiti have reduced drastically as a result of the administration’s sustained focus on primary healthcare delivery and improved maternal support services.
In his opening remarks, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Prof. Kayode Olabanji expressed his profound gratitude to the World Bank and Ekiti State for their investment in human capital development through technology which has gone a long way in shaping the future of Nursing Education in Ekiti State.
Prof. Olabanji further commended the governor for his dynamic leadership by creating an enabling environment for development in the health sector, adding that the State has achieved significant milestones in its collective effort to advance healthcare education, capacity building, and digital transformation in health institutions.
