On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari was presented with the first made in Nigeria cell phone named ‘’ITF Mobile.’’ The president was presented with the device by Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo, prior to the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the country’s capital, Abuja.
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Introducing the phone, Adebayo revealed that it is one of the 12 cell phones made by using components that were sourced locally by the Department of Electrical/Electronic Technology of the Model Skills Training Centre, Industrial Training Fund (ITF).
‘Twelve indigenous mobile cell phones produced by the Model Skills Training Centre of the Industrial Training Fund; an agency under Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment was launched. It gives me great pleasure Mr President, to present you with one of the phones.’
Adeniyi Adebayo
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What Does This Mean?
At a time the globe is advancing technologically, one might want to criticize the Nigerian government for not making adequate efforts towards seeing that projects like ITF Mobile were launched earlier, but it is better late than never.
It would be a huge gain for Nigeria if the government works on this product and hopefully, in not so distant time, cell phones are produced in Nigeria to boost the communication industry and lead to other advancements in the Nigerian tech space.
Instructively, It is time to pay more attention to the tech industry and utilize Nigerian brains for the growth and development of the most populous black nation on earth.
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