Bauchi group will get virtual hub to bridge cyber web hole

Communities in the Jama’are Local Government Area of Bauchi State have been urged to think out developmental issues that will grow the area.

The call was made by a community leader in the area, Dr. Abdulmumini Muhammad during the commissioning of the Jama’are Digital Community Hub.

He noted that only the bond of unity as against division and politicising developmental issues is what the community, the state, and the country need to promote peace and security.

According to Abdulmumini, health, education, and security issues deserve unanimous escalation and not politics.

Therefore, he advised youth to lead the way in the promotion of development activities in the area.

On his part, the Madaki of Jama’are, who also doubles as the chairman of the Jama’are Community Network, Muhammad Sabo Madaki lauded the establishment of the digital hub saying more than ever before internet accessibility is very demanding.

While thanking the CITAD and collaborators for the gesture, he applauded the fact that the facility will bridge the gap in internet access and provision to some villages of Jama’are, saying that the development is timely.

Madaki urged the community to properly utilise the digital hub.

Also speaking with Arewa  According on the sideline of the event, the Executive Director of the Center,

Yunusa Zakari Ya’u observed that the Jama’are digital community hub is the second established in Nigeria after the first, which was established in Dakwa, Abuja.

He stressed that the effort is part of the center’s aim at promoting digital inclusion in the country.

He maintained, “We know that there are many people who are left behind digitally. The USPF statistics indicate that 27.1 million Nigerians are living in areas without access to the Internet even though the Internet is the right of every individual.

“So we are making an effort to make the internet not only available but also affordable to people.”

Continuing, Ya’u insisted that it was for the purpose of bridging this gap that the digital community hub was established to provide free internet to benefit communities.

He noted that the N26 million project was supported by digitally oriented organisations such as Hello World, 48 per cent, the Association for Progressive Communication, and the Center for Information Technology and Development.

Meanwhile, he hinted of plans to build 20 digital community hubs across Nigeria before the end of 2024.

Arewa According reports that the digital community hub is targeted at internet-underserved communities across the country.