The Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD) has issued a communique at the end of it social influencers summit that took place in Kano recently making some proposals on Artificial Intelligence.
As part of the communique signed by Yunusa Zakari Ya`u, Convener, KANSIS/ Executive Director CITAD, Chiamama Okafor, E.D, MILID, Professor Abdulhamid Abdullahi, ABU and Danlami Nmodu, Publisher, NewsDiary Online, four recommendations were made.
Part of the communique reads:
“The summit recommends the following measures to boost the penetrations and utilization of AI in Nigeria:
“Called the Federal Government to put in place an adequate national policy, legislative, regulatory, and administrative instruments that would be all inclusive, and capable of guiding the deployment of AI for national development, especially, as it concerns the conduct of elections, and governance.
“Urged government at all levels to scale up investments in ICT infrastructure so as to enhance, and encourage responsible utilization of AI by the citizens for self -empowerment, and the well -being of the society.
“Called on governments at all levels to finetune their ICT policies in order to correct the issue of the observed ‘Gender Gap’, as well as take care of the interest of ‘People with Disabilities’, and other class of disadvantaged Nigerians.
“Urged the Federal Government to place for national debate on the National AI Deployment Framework.
The 5th Kano Social Influencers Summit (KANSIS24) with the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence in Election and Governance: Between the Potentials for Enhancement of Processes and the Perils of Digital Surveillance and Misrepresentation”, organized by CITAD was held between 18th and 19th of September, 2024 at Grand Central Hotel, Kano, Nigeria.
It was attended by over 1000 in-persons, and online participants drawn from different parts of the country as well as a team of international participants from Germany, Uganda, Niger Republic and Kenya attended the summit.
His Excellency Engineer Abba Kabiru Yusuf, the Executive Governor of Kano State, represented by Alhaji Usman Bala, Special Adviser to the Governor on State Affairs who was the Guest of Honour at the opening ceremony declared the summit opened.
The occasion was also graced by the representative of the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Umar Namadi.
KANSIS is an inclusive platform that brings governments, private sector, civil society, journalists, academics, students, activists and professionals to show case social deployment of digital technology, and learn from each other’s experiences.