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| 15th July 2006 | Another IT Center Commissioned in the 'Jon Postel IT Centers' Programme in Nigeria |
Dear Members of the Internet Society Community,
I am delighted to inform you that on Saturday, 15, July, 2006, ISOC NIGERIA CHAPTER commissioned another project that is part of the Jon Postel's IT centers programme.
The IT/Training Center is located at Rumuchorlu Community, Obio-Akpor LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria.
This last center has been made possible thanks to various donors. Unlike the other projects, this time we chose to donate the center directly to a Community(Rumuchorlu Community) to make an impact directly to people like elders, women and other members of the Community.
This to actualize the ISOC motto that said "Internet is for everyone".
Many Community members, the Governor of Rivers State representative in the person of the Commissioner for Local Governments and the Rumuchorlu Council of Chiefs, were at the occasion. This is the first Community in Nigeria that has its own IT/Training Center and the importance of this was stressed in the various speeches by the Commissioner and by the Rumuchorlu Community Paramount ruler Eze Chorlu the VII.
The center comprises:
- 16 computers linked to Internet via a Wireless System having a bandwidth of 128/128Kbs.
- In the same center we equipped a space for training purposes with all the related furniture.
- A Diesel Generator of 12KVA has been installed to maintain a constant power supply of the center.
The IT center is aimed to help specifically the youth and all the community members at large for better development. The site is located in the Niger-Delta region, where infrastructures like this one are required to bring development among the population in order to maintain peace in the area. The present project has an approximate cost of US$ 25000.
The IT Center has been dedicated to the Memory of Jon Postel and our late first president Prof. T.C.Nwodo. This is the ninth IT center commissioned on this program since its inception on 2002. We are planning for this year to establish another two IT centers located in other Nigerian Universities.
Here below are some pictures of the center and the ceremony.
Thanks again for your continued support of this programme.
Sincerely
Giandomenico Massari
ISOC Nigeria Chapter
View of the event |
Internal view of the Center |
Another view of the Center |
Commmissioning of the Center. |
Community women group, singing Traditional Songs at the venue. |
The Commissioner making a speech at the event |
Dignitaries and Community Chiefs after the Ceremony. |
