By Oyez Olatunde Rex
The National Office of Human Capital Development in collaboration with the Kwara State government, has hosted a 1-Day Impactful event on Human Capital Development for the media industry in Kwara State.
The convener of the event was the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the governor of Kwara State on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The theme of the event was “Empowering Minds, Changing Narratives: Advancing HCD Through Media and Technology”.
Delivering a welcome speech and goodwill message, the S.S.A to the governor on SDG, Hon. Mariam Nnafatima Imam, PhD, thanked His Excellency, Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq for the support and zeal to achieve the goal of better citizens quality.
Dr. Imam explained that this event was to bring media practitioners in the state to the appreciation of media and technology as a vehicle of Human Capital Development, with awesome capabilities for empowering minds and changing narratives.
The 1-Day event was declared opened by the Kwara State commissioner for Communication, Hon. Mrs Olukoju
In a keynote lecture, Dr Aishat Imam-Omolosho, represented by Dr Oba Abdulkadir Laaro of the University of Ilorin, examined the trend of technological advancements and how it has affected and is shaping the face of journalism and media practices.
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Dr Laaro spoke on the preponderance of technology, how indispensable technology has become, and it’s limitations which he elucidated along the three divides of Ownership divides; knowledge divides and participation divides.
The panelist discussion segment which capped the event dwelt extensively on ” The role of media in creating awareness about HCD initiatives.
