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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has pledged to support effort geared at promoting Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning and technology development in the country.
Kalu emphasised the importance of investing in the country’s human capital development, stating it would enable Nigerians export services globally.
The deputy speaker, according to statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Levinus Nwabughiogu, stated this, when he visited Bildup AI Learning, a technology hub, in Enugu.
He promised that his office would partner with Bildup AI Learning to showcase its work and attract support from government agencies and other stakeholders. According to him, such
partnership would promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological advancement and contribute to the nation’s economic growth and development.
“We need to expand what you are doing and that is where government partnership comes in. We’re going to make a case for you in the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology. Also, there are so many NGOs that need to find a credible place to plug in their resources. We will partner with you.
“The Office of the Deputy Speaker will partner with you to showcase you. It’s nothing about politics. It’s about development. Our human capital development is very key. It is one of our resources in this nation.
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“All over the world, Nigerians are making impacts in various fields of life, especially with the power of our mind. So, anything that will help us export service, we will do. We are exporting goods now, not exporting as much service as we want to export, because we have 200 and almost 250 million people.
“This will help us churn out more service providers that can sit in Nigeria and provide services to Oracle, Facebook, Instagram, to all of them while you are sitting here, and then, the foreign exchange will come in because of the power of your mind, and that is how you can add value to the growth of this nation. Keep innovating and dreaming. Don’t get tired. The future is bright”, Kalu stated.
The Chief Executive Officer ( CEO), Bildup AI, Chibuike Aguene, while receiving the deputy speaker, stated that the innovation will give students equal access to quality education.
“What you’re witnessing here is the first of its kind. We built an indigenous AI application, the first of its kind all over Africa that can teach and interact with students, just as a human teacher would do. Some schools have already adopted it. Teachers are getting about 80% of their time back.
“Students are completing a tense programme that takes, typically, three months in about two weeks. So, what we’ve done here is to rethink. How do we bridge the gap in terms of giving everybody equal access to quality education and leveraging on artificial intelligence, and we have successfully implemented that,”Aguene said.
