IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

President Obasanjo explained that the scheme is his administration's social programme designed to assist individual employee in both public and private sectors to purchase personal computers and laptops at discounted prices under affordable and convenient repayment plan.

In his remark the director general of the council, Musa Ciwar said the online TRCN eRegistration system makes it convenient for all teachers to know their registration status, update status and make payments to TRCN using diverse channels such as banks, cyber cafes, e-Kisoks, GSM phones and other internet access points. He said "in this era of information and Communication technology no teacher will suffer before being register with the council"

Tagged the “National ICT Skills Acquisitions, Summits and Campaigns,” the training programme which is designed for registered teachers at primary, junior secondary and secondary schools as well as teachers in tertiary institutions (universities, colleges of education and polytechnics) will begin in July 2006 and will run through December 2006 in the 12 TRCN zones of Lagos, Minna, Uyo, Kaduna, Owerri, Maiduguri, Benin, Akure, Sokoto, Yola, Enugu and Jos.

Launching the programme in Abuja, Mallam Nasir el Rufai, Minister of the FCT said countries with Information and Communication Technology enabled environment were experiencing revolutionary results in their economies.