23 July 2008
Lagos — New Horizons, the world's No.1 ICT Training Institution and the two time winner (2006/2007) for the best ICT Training Institution in West Africa has organised an infotainment night for the youths.
The event according to a statement, was the first of its kind in Africa and it is a new initiative that aims to combine IT and entertainment.
New Horizons said it was using entertainment, which is the universal language of the youths, to communicate important and life transforming ideas that will save them from the abyss of perpetual unemployment.
The event was attended by well over 5,000 +people from across the country. The music maestro Abolore Adegbola Akande, popularly known as 9ice, Dan Foster-the popular radio talk show host from Cool FM and the hilarious comedian Yaw-another radio talk show host on the trendy programme Wazobia on Cool FM and his group were all in attendance to thrill, motivate and educate the participants on the benefits of acquiring Information Technology (IT) skills.
Dan Foster according to the statement, inspired the youths to be dedicated and focused towards achieving their lives dreams and ambitions.
He was said to have shared his personal experiences whilst growing up in the USA of his journey towards becoming a radio talk show host, and how IT has enabled him to increase his productivity as well as allow him to work across continents thereby earning more money.
He also informed the youths to have a positive self image of themselves and to aspire to be unique in all they do most especially by acquiring IT certification based skills to increase their chances success in the labour market.
At the end of his presentation he gave out 500 scholarships from Oracle University , USA on behalf of New Horizons.
Mr. Julius of CISCO Corporation USA , told participants to take charge of their lives and be steadfast in their acquisition of IT based certification skills.
He reiterated that only individuals who follow through stand the best chance of becoming successful people.
MD/CEO OF New Horizons, Mr. Tim Akano, told participants that the present century belongs to the Nigerian Youth, and that they must strive very hard to take their rightful place in the scheme of things in the world thereby leading Nigeria gallantly into the future.
He added that it was the duty of the youths to develop Nigeria and that foreigners cannot do a better job than the indigenes.
He inform the youths that they were equally as intelligent as people from other parts of the world and that nothing should stand in their way in transforming Nigeria into a super-power.
He listed the IT skills that participants should acquire in order to improve their chances of professional success to include skills in Oracle certifications such as (OCA, OCP), Microsoft certifications (MCSE, MCSD, MCSA), E-Business certifications (Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Knowledge Management), Sun Java certifications (SJCD), CompTia certifications (A+, N+, S+), Information Security (Certified Ethical Hacking-CEH, Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator-CHFI) and CISCO based certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCVP, CCSP).
9ice later took the stage and told the participants to aspire to acquire industry relevant IT skills to improve their chances in the labour market.
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