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Some selected 50 youths in Kwara state have been trained in digital skills to divert their attention from crime and make them self reliant.
Speaking at the youths sensitization programme, tagged, “Empowering Youth with Digital Skills for a Better Generation”, organised by the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society in Ilorin, today Saturday, convener of the training programme, Imam Fuad Adeyemi, said the idea was to make youths use their phones to make money legally.
According to him, the youths were guided on how to live meaningful lives and avoid crimes.
Adeyemi also said that all those trained at the programme were expected to train their peers and other young ones on how to live productive live.
Imam Adeyemi urged government at all levels to design programmes that would divert attention of the youth away from bad behavior and social vices.
He also appealed to the wealthy individuals to assist in engaging the youths productively engaged in order to make our society better.
In her remarks, the coordinator of the programme, Dr. Rakiya Momoh- Abaji, said that the essence of the programme was to reduce corruption to the barest minimum in the society.
She advised the youths to stay positive, remain focussed and stop looking for short-cut to life.
In their separate remarks, Oloyede Bolaji from University of Ilorin and Mariam Anifowose from Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, expressed satisfaction with the knowledge acquired during the training.
They also urged their colleagues who are into cybercrimes to shun the act and use their knowledge in positive ways.
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