The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has donated 425 Samsung laptop computers to 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria.
Mr Benoit Sossou, the UNESCO Acting Regional Director, UNESCO Regional Office in Abuja, presented the computers with other written materials to the recipients in Abuja.
The beneficiary states are; Jigawa, Taraba, Bayelsa, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Kwara, Kano, Osun, Lagos, Enugu, Sokoto, Adamawa, Bornu, Anambra and FCT.
Sossou urged the beneficiaries to use the materials to actualise stated development objectives.
He said the initiative was aimed at engaging young people to acquire the high-level skills and confidence to develop, promote and sell locally relevant mobile applications that provide employment and solve local issues of sustainable development.
Sossou thanked Samsung Electronics for their partnership with UNESCO to improve education and literacy in Nigeria.
In his response, Mr Abubakar Alkammu, Programme Director, Sokoto State Agency for Mass Education, commended UNESCO for its efforts to support Nigeria toward eradicating illiteracy to achieve its development goals.
Alkammu called on other stakeholders to contribute their quota toward advancement and sustainability of literacy in Nigeria. (NAN)
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