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| ANAMBRA HEALTH COMMISSIONER, Dr Joe Akabuike, presenting a laptop computer to Dr Aneme Cyril, one of the beneficiaries |
The Dr. Joe Akabuike-led Anambra State
Health Ministry has today, July 23, 2015, flagged off ICT Compliance training
exercise for her program officers at the Ministry of Health complex, Awka. The
program, which featured presentation of brand new Hewlet and Packard brand laptop
computers to the program officers donated by the state government, was termed
the first of a series of such program intended by the state government for all
the ministries in the state, by the Health Commissioner, Dr. Joe Akabuike.
In his speech during the event, Dr
Akabuike posited that, given that the world is now a global village courtesy of
the internet and also given that most of what we do on a day to day basis is
computer-based, it becomes imperative that a ministry like theirs must ensure
that its program officers have full training in the use of computers and
internet facilities.
Continuing, he said, ‘This is important,
particularly in the developing world where we have a lot of data collection and
processing…It is because we still lag behind in computer literacy that most of
the data you see in most researches we do, we quote the western world…But these
data we are quoting have a lot of cultural, social and developmental
differences from what is obtainable in developing countries. Also, most of the
data we use are institution-based given that most of our facilities are not
well-equipped for data-accessing. That is why I felt that it is something very
important that should be done and we wrote a memo to His Excellency, which he
quickly acknowledged and has approved the supply of laptop computers to our
program officers. Those of us who are computer literate know that the only
effective way one can learn how to use the computer is by having one. If you
teach somebody how to use the computer and the person does not have one, he
will quickly forget what he learnt. That is why the government provided the
computers so that those who are part of the training exercise will have no
excuse whatsoever for not becoming proficient in computer manipulation.’
Dr Joe Akabuike also revealed that his
ministry is setting the pace in the government’s project of getting all the
workers in Anambra State computer literate. He expressed his gratitude to the
state governor, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano for his unflinching support to his
ministry, especially for the recent gesture. The health commissioner enjoined
the beneficiaries of the laptops and training to appreciate the fact that the training
is not just for the ministry’s benefit but theirs too and make the most of the
golden opportunity.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries,
Dr Aneme Afam Cyril, the Program Manager in charge of HIV/AIDS control unit of
the ministry of health expressed his elation at the development saying that it
has taken care of a major challenge which the lack of computers and the
know-how had kept posing for them on a daily basis. He thanked the state
government for her kind gesture.
Also present at the occasion where several
health directors led by the Director of Primary Healthcare, Dr Emmanuel Okafor.
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| Dr Joe Akabuike, posing with the Director of Primary Healthcare and Project Officers |
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